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The Alabamian
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Alabama College, the State College for Women
VOLUME XVII
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MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, AUGUST 21, 1939
NUMBER 1
New Buildings
Will Enlarge
School Capacity
The Library And Reynolds
Are Remodeled; Two New
Buildings Near Completion
Old students, as well as incoming
freshmen, will require a few days
to become accustomed to the
changes on campus brought about
by the extensive building program.
In Comer hall and Tutwiler hall,
now under construction, the school
has two imposing additions to its
physical plant. Comer hall, named
for the former governor, Braxton
Bragg Comer, who did so much for
education in the state, will house
clatssrooms, faculty offices, a lecture
and assembly hall seating approxi-
mately 200, and a sound-equipped
broadcasting room. Julia Strudwick
Tutwiler hall is to be a dormitory,
providing a modern campus resi-
dence for 102 additional girls. Theee
are but two projects in the greatest
building program in the history of
the college.
Grants and Loans
Public Works Administration
grants of $155,00 and loans of $187,-
000 are making possible the con-
struction of the new buildings and
the additions and improvements for
two others. The Upchurch Con-
struction company of Montgomery
is contractor for both the new
buildings, and they are designed
by Warren, Knight and Davis,
Birmingham architectural firm.
In addition to these major proj-
ects, work on a new wing to the
library is going forward rapidly,
and will increase the book capa-
city to 95,000 volumes. A unique
feature of the library alterations
is an outdoor reading roof, a thing
entirely new among southern col-
lege libraries. This work is being
done by the Perusini Construction
company of Birmingham, at a cost
of $27,000. Contract was let in
mid-summer to Henry I. Flinn of
Montgomery for the remodeling of
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Technala Contest
Brings Profit
The TECHNALA Photo contest,
which will be held this year, offers
profit to prodigies in photography.
Each year the TECHNALA re-
quires a number of snapshots for
use in its more informal sections.
Any snapshot submitted to the
TECHNALA staff has a good
chance of bringing home to its
owner a cash prize. Originality is
the keynote of this contest. Scenes
on the campus offer good opport-
unity for improvement of skill in
photography as well as good rec-
reation.
Definite announcements concern-
ing the contest will be made early
in the fall, says Birdie Margaret
Moorer, editor of the TECHNALA.
To Vreshmen—Greetings!
I am very happy to join the
staff of THE ALABAMIAN in
extending greetings to you who
shortly are to become our Class
of 1943. We are pleased and
honored that you have chosen
this institution as your college.
We accept our,full share of re-
sponsibility for seeing to it that
you have chosen wisely and
well. We sincerely trust that
you will join us quickly with
kind hearts and alert minds to
the end that the history of
your class shall be one in which
we may all find pride and sat-
isfaction.
Wisdom’s ways are ways of
pleasantness and all her paths
are peace. The quest of learn
ing, which is the essence of
wisdom, may be attended with
genuine happiness. But the wise
will quickly discover, if indeed
they do not already know, that
the quest for learning in higher
institutions is likewise attended
by difficulties that must be sur-
mounted and by disappoint-
ments that must be overcome.
We welcome you to Alabama
College in the belief that you
will respond to our policy of
counseled freedom. We believe
that you will grow in wisdom
with each passing year. We
pray to Divine Providence that
your hearts shall be filled with
happiness surpassing all your
present expectations.
Arthur Fort Harman,
President.
Degrees Awarded
To Twenty-Four
Summer Graduates
Degrees will be awarded to twen-
ty-four students at the close of the
summer school session.
Bachelor of Art degrees will be
awarded to Virginia Barnes, Eu-
taw; Anne Amerine Butler, Kim-
brough; Evelyn Louise Grantham,
Excel; Esther P. Hunter, Decatur;
Edna Gentry Kinney, Mitchell
Dam; Katie Bell Mioore, Marion
Junction; Virginia Moore, Wilton;
Jessie Dean Studdard, Cordova;
Pearl Norton Tillman, Louisville;
Lola Meredith Vinson, Flomaton;
Sara Mac Weed, Ariton.
Students receiving Bachelor of
Science degrees are Bernie Irene
Aldrich, Boaz; Hazel Clardy, Line-
ville; Sue Cowart, Reform; Bernice
Gillon, Bessemer; Martha Lee,
Hayneville; Edwina Lyon, Tyler;
Rosa Tilson McKee, Birmingham;
Era Mae McRae, Birmingham;
Ruby Alene Morris, Blountsville;
Louise Phagan, Anniston; and
Dema L. Veal, Wedowee.
Myrtle Turberville Peter, Cen-
tury, Florida, will receive a Bache-
lor of Music degree.
Veda Avery, Red Bay, will be
awarded a two-year certificate in
secretarial science.
Bewildered Freshmen Are Offered Advice
By headers Of Student Organizations
“If you’ve just graduated from
high school and are enrolled in
college, you’re a freshman. And if
you’re a freshman, you’re ‘green.’ ”
This is an inevitable obstacle en-
countered by every new student
Heads of major organizations, in
an effort to help freshmen over-
come this bewildering state of
“greennessi,” offer words of ad-
vice—
Celia Methvin, president of Stu-
dent Government, suggests, “Rules
are not made to be broken.” Con-
tinuing, she explains that if they
sometimes seen unreasonable, take
into consideration that 95 per cent
of them are for 5 per cent of the
students. “The executive board does
not exist to mete out punishment.
We’re students, too, and we’re hu-
man.”
“Make your studies an asset,”
Betty Archibald, president of the
Senate, adivsed, adding that the
good student who keeps up-to-date
with lessons, is the versatile girl
who gets the most out of college.
Speaking for the Y. W. C. A.,
Mildred Clotfelter, president, says,
“Don’t forget your religion. It is
the greatest stronghold you have.”
Urging students to follow the
health rules, Eloise Peck, president
of the Athletic Association, says,
“A good physical body adds to men-
tal alertness.”
Jean Letson, of the President’s
Council, suggests, “Ride your ‘hob-
by horse’ into extra-curricular work.
It affords the best and most profit-
able recreation.”
A member of THE ALABAMIAN
staff follows up with, “Be open
minded, take from these the ad-
vice that you need, and be an all-
round girl.”
Main dormitory (above) will be the home of the class of ’43,
which will arrive on the campus September 5. (Yeager Studios.)
Four New Faculty Members Will Join
College Staff For 1939-40 Session
A number of new members will
join the college staff at the begin-
ning of the 1939-10 session.
Cary V. Stabler of Greenville
succeeds Miss Mary McWilliams as
associate professor of history. Mr.
Stabler received hi; Bachelor of
Arts and Master’s J grees from the
University of Alai. ,ia. He has
completed two j&aid oi work on his
doctorate at Duke university. Miss
McWilliams has accepted a position
doing research with Dr. Hunter
Farrish in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Miss Margaret Florey, of Bains-
bridge, Ohio, will replace Miss
Eleanor Rennie as instructor in
speech. Miss Rennie’s marriage was
solemnized during the summer. Miss
Florey was awarded her Bachelor
of Arts and Master’s degrees at
Exchange Students
Begin Fall Term
The most cosmopolitan note in
campus history will be struck this
fall when returning students find
not one foreign exchange student,
but four—each from a different cor-
ner of the world.
There is to be a fair fraulein who
has grown up in Hitler Germany;
a senorita who is now a Spanish
refugee because her family was
friendly to Republican Spain; a
French girl from Bordeaux, and a
Korean student, who is returning
for her second year at Montevallo.
Miss Ilse-Lore Muller, of Berlin,
is a graduate of the famous Studi-
enanstait, secondary school and
junior college, of which her father
has been headmaster for many
years.
Youngest Student
Youngest of the overseas contin-
gent is Mile. Jacqueline Aramberri,
just turned 18. She is from the
old port town of Bordeaux in pro-
vincial France.
Miss Incarnacion Marayta, loy-
alist sympathizer^ brings with her
the most vivid memories of the
world’s troubled state, for she saw
the ebb and flow of three years of
civil war around her native Mad-
rid. She is a graduate of the Uni-
versity of Madrid, whose campus
was a battle ground ai^d whose
buildings bear scars and shell marks
of Gen. Franco’s trench mortars.
Miss Kapsoon K\m, j of .Korea,
fourth student from abroad,, was a
student at Alabama, college last
year... During the summer JMiss* Kin*,
has -beeh a; GoUaselo* at Camp
Juliette "Lowe. * ^ u
The three -E«rO'peap§ teaclj
classes of conv^Bsattarsal I CtgrmliU,.
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the University of Ohio, where she
was pledged to Phi Beta Kappa.
She has taught in Bainsbridge and
has served as dramatics counselor
at Camp Con-edi-on in York,
Pennsylvania for two years.
Jack Warfield, graduate of the
University of Wisconsin, with a
Master’s degree from the Univer-
sity oi Minnesota, will succeed Miss
Helen He well as instructor in dra-
matics. Mr. Warfield has directed
theatricals in Milwaukee. Miss
Hewell’s engagement has been re-
cently announced, the wedding to
take place in early fall.
Shelby Southard, graduate of
Birmingham-Southern college, suc-
ceeded Charles G. Dobbins as exec-
utive secretary. Mr. Southard re-
ceived his Master’s degree from
Vanderbilt university. He has gain-
ed much experience in the field of
public relations pertaining to col-
leges. Mr. Dobbins resigned his posi-
tion here when he purchased the
ANNISTON TIMES.
Lowery Turner, ’39, will succeed
Virginia Harrison as secretary to
Dr. Minnie L. Steckel. Virginia will
complete work on her bachelor’s
degree here.
Margaret Hannah Haslam, ’39,
has taken a position as clerical as-
sistant in the offices of the busi-
ness manager and the bursar here.
Frances Baxter, ’38, will succeed
Betty Perrin, ’38, as assistant sec-
retary in the home economics de-
partment.
Student List
Shows Increase
For Session
The registration of students on
August 10, as compared with that
the same time a year ago indicates
that there will be a wholesome
increase in the total number at
the opening of school, September
6, according to President A. F.
Harman. He adds that “it is par-
ticularly noteworthy that the reg-
istration of upperclassmen is con-
siderably larger than heretofore.”
Freshmen Registered
To date, the following freshmen
have enrolled for the 1939-1940 ses-
sion; Martha Alice Adams, South
Main Street, Columbia; Mary
Thomerson Adams, Thomasville;
Trannie Aldridge, Danville; Jane
Evelyn Allen, Birmingham; Ruth
Gene Allen, Birmingham; Barbara
Ann Ames, Sheffield; Sarah Fran-
ces Andrew, Geneva; Pauline Ruth
Ash, Mobile; Helen Janet Autrey,
Greenville; Mary Elizabeth Bald,
Jemison; Vera Barrett, Shellman,
Georgia; Annie Ruth Beasley, An-
dalusia; Violet Belcher, Monroe-
ville.
Dorothy Clare Belk, Talladega;
Sally Eugenia Bentley, Elba; Caro-
lyn Louise Blair, Leeds; Mary Lois
Blake, Bessemer; Margaret Virginia
Bolin, Birmingham; Mary Ellen
Boston, Jasper; Katherine Lile
Boswell, Decatur; Helen Elaine
Boteiford, Attalla; Elaine Bowen,
Montgomery; Essie Nella Bradberry,
Union Springs; Carolyn Breaux,
Wilson Dam; Mabel Lucile Bre-
land, Birmingham; Mary Frances
Brown, Eufaula; Mary. LynnBuck-
ner, Headland; Margie Burgin, Car-
1 Oil coil, ianiiib
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Lower Rail Rates
Given Students
Students and teachers of south-
ern schools and colleges will be giv-
en reduced railroad rates for
travel in connection with the 1939
fall opening.
Round trip tickets purchased at
home stations for the opening of
school will be honored on return
trips either at the Christmas vaca-
tion, spring vacation, or at the
close of the 1940 school term.
The dates of sale of theee tick-
ets are divided into three periods;
the first is from August 1.5j to Oct-
ober 5, 1939; the second dates from
December 25, 1939, to January 16,
1940; and the third period is from
February 28 to April 25, 1940.
Return passage may be obtained
;during periods in which the tickets
Mil be validated. They are from
December 10 to -25, 1939; February'
l| tjoj April 15 19^0; and May 15
t<5 a June SO;' ±94.0.
. „ E'inal return limit in all cases is
.t'® days, iu addition to the date
for which the ticket is validated.
Miss McWilliams
Will Leave Campus
To Aid Research
Miss Mary McWilliams, associate
professor of history, is resigning
her position here to aid Dr. Hunter
Farish of Rockefeller Foundation
in the important work of piecing
together from existing records the
story of Williamsburg, Virginia.
This project, a personal enthusi-
asm of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
is supported by the Rockefellers,
looking toward eventual restoration
of Williamsburg as it was in the
seventeenth and eighteenth cenj-
turies—the social and political hub
of English America.
Miss McWilliams’ selection to aid
in this extended investigation comes
as a result of her distinguished
work in southern historical research
undertaken while she has been here.
During her thirteen years of ser-
vice she has been active in alumnae
work and in the activities of her
professional group. Miss McWil-
liams comes from an old Wilcox
county family and is known in the
state for her research in Alabama
history. She is historical adviser
to the Alabama chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy.
Tryouts Offer Chance
For Would-be Reporters
All would-be journalists will have
a chance to get some first-hand ex-
perience by working on THE ALA-
BAMIAN ths year.
Formerly, written tryouts were
given to determine which students
would be eligible for reporters. This
year Frances Scarbrough, editor,
will interview any students who
have a desire to try reporting. The
purpose of these interviews .will be
to determine what type of. .work
students are interested in—features,
straight news stories, or editorials.
The date for interviews will be
announced later. All students are
urged to try out.
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AUGUST 21, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
EDITORIALS
Greetings to Freshmen
It’s your debut, freshmen! You’re to play a
leading role similar to Lewis Carroll's ALICE IN
WONDERLAND. It won’t be easy, being your first
part. Perhaps you’ll find that you’ve been disillu-
sioned and there’ll be tears and disappointments
before you learn your lines, cues, how and when
to act.
But, like all fairy tales, this one ends happily.
We have the greatest of hopes and the highest
of ambitions for this- class of ’43. That it excels
in numbers is only indicative that it will excel
in every campus activity.
And while we’re greeting you and advising you,
let us add that we hope you’ll like it here, too—
like it so well that you’ll extend this one year term
into a four-year contract.
Memorial to Alec
In the last issue of the 1938-1939 ALABAMIAN,
an interview with Alec Scott, head janitor of the
college, attracted the attention of many students.
Students had always taken a kindly interest in
this jovial little man who could relate so vividly
.his experiences on the campus to which he had
dedicated thirty-seven years of life. That Alec
;iad his headquarters in Reynolds and that he
■ould usually be found there seemed to identify
him with this oldest classroom building. It was
coincidental, yet rather symbolic, that Alec Scott
should have died as his building was being made
into a modern, up-to-date structure.
We were shocked and grieved to learn of Alec’s
death, and we feel that we have lost a valuable
friend.
Our Appreciation
Again we find ourselves indebted to the state
legislature for its most recent consideration. Its
adoption of an appropriation bill for school and
higher education on August 1*, provides $25,000
for further support and maintenance of the col-
lege. This fund is an additional amount to all the
other appropriations heretofore available.
We are deeply grateful for the compliment paid
us and hope to prove ourselves worthy of the
additional appropriation.
Mr. Dobbins' Resignation
In expressing our regret at the departure of Mr.
C. G. Dobbins from Montevallo, The Times is bus
giving expression to the feelings of every citizen of
the community.
During his residence here Mr. Dibbins has not
only done well the job which was his at .Alabama
College—he has taken a place of leadership in
the life and activities of the community which is
proud to number him as one of its most outstand-
ing citizens.
President Harman, comprehending the worthi-
ness and qualifications of Mr. Dobbins as a com-
munity figure, has made a wise choice in his
successor, Shelby Southard.
We wish Mr. Dobbins the best of luck in his
venture into the newspaper business in Anniston.
We welcome Mr. Southard to the field of act-
ivity and uefulness which will be his in Monte-
vallo. While Mr. Dobbins climbs the ladder' of op-
portunity in the publishing world, Mr. Southard
will be building well upon the foundation that
has been so ably laid by his predecessor.—Monte-
vallo Times.
Change and Exchange
Outstanding Novels About East Contrast
Crises In Modern China And Old India
By Mary Sterne
THE PATRIOT, by Pearl Buck,
published by the John Day Com-
pany.
In a characteristically poignant
style, Pearl Buck again reveals her
sympathy for /the unfortunate
Chinese people of today who are
steadily becoming resigned to the
fate dealt them by ruthless Japan-
ese hands. Casting aside the true
American attitude she so success-
fully used in “This Proud Heart,”
Miss Buck steps whole-heartedly
into the mind of the Chinese youth
who grows to maturity in the face’’
of the modern oriental situation.
Sick of a luxurious life without
point or meaning, the youth who
supposedly represents mod ern
China joins the Communist party
and pledges undying support to
General Chiang Kai-Shek, whose
revolutional entry into China is to
give freedom and life to thousands
of Chinese. When long months of
work and anxiety brings betrayal
to the Communist party by the
general, the youth, in order to save
his life, flees to Japan where he
begins a new life working and liv-
ing with his father’s friend. The
story of his life here, of his grad-
ual return to the old ambitionless
life and of his final marriage to
the daughter of the house reflects
the modern Japan. Then his whole
world smashed to bits by the first
blow of the war—he returns to
China to fight for Chiang Kai-
Shek. How the novel reaches its
conclusion and how modern China
though seemingly resigned, secret-
ly resolves never to die—makes Miss
Buck’s book a powerful and mean-
ingful novel. Its value as a novel
is increased by its true historical
import.
And Miss Buck may happily smile
as she realizes the thousands of
people who, upon reading her novel,
become Chinese sympathizers and
Japanese enemies. .
THE RAINS CAME, Louis Brom-
field, published by Harper and
Brothers.
When THE RAINS CAME all
the wrath of the gods of India de-
scended upon the peaceful village
of Ranchipur. Disaster and de-
struction exiled 9,000 natives from
the rest of the world, earthquake
destroyed what years of toil had
built up, and most tragic were the
vital changes created in the lives
of the white inhabitants. Brom-
field paints a picture of vivid per-
sonalities against a background of
relentless, beautiful India. Fern Si-
mon, daughter of an ambitious
mother and a missionary father;
Tom Ransome, man of the world,
with a passion for drink; Lady Es-
keth, tied to a brutal power-mad
husband; Major Safti, brilliant
young surgeon; Miss McDaid,
Scotch nurse, who knows" life and
death; and many brilliant, vibrant
characters find their lives greatly
affected by the crisis of the rain-
ing season. But behind all this
chaotic living and all this strain
is the philosophy of the quiet Am-
erican woman and the patient,
resigned Indian Louis, Bromfield
has made a great contribution to
the vast store of literature about
India—“Perhaps,” said Edna Fer-
ber, herself a brilliant novelist, “the
best done in the past twenty years.”
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Editor-in-Chief, Frances Scarbrough; Managing Editor, Lois Anne Smith; Business
Manager, Mary j0 Raney; Feature Editor, Mary Sterne; Copy Editor, Martha McRae;
Speech Editor, Jeanne Appleton; Sports Editor, Julia Ann Patch; Club Editor, Nancy
Weems; Society Editor, Frances Roberts; Advertising Managers, Ollis Mills, Amanda
Keelyn, Margaret Cook; Feature Writer, Louise Phagan
REPORTERS
Lorene Gray. Mary Anne Edwards, Bay-
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pleton, Jean Childress, Nancy Weems,
Abby Longshore, Lucille Weaver, Martha
McRae, Lucy Pegues, Mary Grace Orr,
Frances Roberts, Sara Eugenia Bums,
Ellen Moncrief, Sara Landers.
DISTRIBUTORS
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(By Associated Collegiate Press)
“Bubber” Southard has his dat-
ing troubles, and he’s no little
peeved at one Brenda Duff Frazier,
New York socialite. Bubber thought
it’d be a swell idea to have Brenda
down to The Citadel for the annual
senior hop, but she just couldn’t
be located. He called New York
and Miami and several other of
Brenda’s hangouts, but she wasn’t
to be found—probably because he
made all of the calls COLLECT!
* * *
Dartmouth college is having its
troubles, too! Back in 1901 a prom-
inent alumnus donated $2,500 to
the college as a fund for prizes
each year for an original oration
by a senior. He stipulated that the
winner should get a $100 gold med-
al, and that three bronze copies
of each medal should be sent to
his surviving kin and one kept by
the college. And that’s what’s
creating the problem! None of
the kin can be located, and the
storage vaults of the college are
not roomy enough to take care of
official documents and all of the
medals that have piled up, too!
* * * +
Physicists should be interested
in the theory advanced by Jewel
; Martin, University of South Caro-
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MOTHER GOOSE ON A SPREE
(To be read aloud for beet effect.)
-1-
Crosspatch, draw the latch,
Sit by the fire and spin,
Take a cup and drink it up—
Uh-huh, coffee nerves.
-2-
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard
To get her poor dog a -bone.
When she got there
The cupboard was bare
And so the poor dog had dinner out that night.
-3-
Higglety pigglety, my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen—
Such a scarcity of eggs at present.
-4-
“ Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, where' have you been?”
“I’ve been to London to visit the queen.”
“Fussy Cat, Pussy Cat, did you find her there?”
“Why, old chappie, we crossed on the same boat.”
-5-
“Where are you going, my pretty maid?”
“I’m going a-milking, sir,” she said.
“And what is your fortune, my pretty maid?”
“You are, I hope, sir,” she said.
-6-
A was an apple pie.
B bit it.
C cut it.
D dealt it—
And opened with a spade.
—M. S.
* * * *
Old Aunt Maria, she built a fire.
The wood it was green,
So she used kerosene,
And the next Friday night was a funeral.
—M. S.
* ♦ ♦ ♦
may I PRESENT—
Always charming,
Never a bore,
The perfect editor,
You ought to know her—
Tib Scarbrough.
* * * *
Powder may relieve a freckled face,
Rouge cover palor with cosmetic grace,
Lipstick make lips kissably sweet,
But alack—the plans a blush may defeat.
—M. S.
* * * *
The girl who looks as if she knows it all, and is
thoroughly bored with knowledge is not a senior—
she’s a sophomore.
* * * *
KIPLING ON COLLEGE
If you can leave your studies far behind you
And go on picnics with a keg of beer;
If you refuse to let professors bind you
With rules and regulations while you’re here;
If you refuse to lose your social viewpoint,
Regarding grades as just a lot of bunk;
And raise your liquid content to the dew-point,
You’ll have your fun, and, what is more, you’ll
flunk.
—Vermont Cynic.
* * * *
DISILLUSION
Magic moonlight bathed the scene,
Showed the room wrapt in silver sheen,
Revealed him clad in lincoln green
Beside her in kitchen garments mean.
The clock chimed twelve o’clock.
In one last embrace they fondly lock
Lips to lips and heart to heart—
With bleeding souls they tear apart.
Murmureth then bold Robin Hood,
“Beloved Cindy, I must off to Sherwood
To that wretched spouse of mine,
Maid Marian who thinkest herself so fine.”
Weeping then spaketh Cinderella,
“And I must return to that princely fellow
Whose grandeur once deceived me
I would he would leave me.”
One last kiss in that hushed nook,
And each ran to his respective book.
Turning cautiously the right page number,
Carefully, not to disturb their mates’ slumber.
And had I not been present then
And witnessed this meeting clandestine—
I tell you honestly and true—
I would have believed they lived happily ever
after.
Wouldn’t you?
—M. S.
* # * *
A college student is one who enters his alma
mater as a freshman dressed in green, and emerges
as a senior in black. The intermediate process of
decay is known as a college education.—Cluster.
* * * ♦
BORN A COUPLE OF CENTURIES TOO LATE
Ma: Sonny, don’t use such bad words.
Sonny; Shakespeare did.
Ma: Then don’t play with him.
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Orientation Plans
Near Completion
For Freshman Class
AUGUST 21, 1939
Orientation Committee Will Aid
New Students In Introduction
To The Phases of College Life
The class of ’43 will begin its col-
lege career with the aid of the
orientation committee, Tuesday,
September 5.
The orientation committee con-
sists of upperclassmen irom the
six major organizations on tnt
campus, each of which has its spe-
cial function.
Student senators will meet ah
trains and buses in Calera, Wil-
ton, and Montevallo to greet iresn-
men. Later in the ween senators,
under the direction oi Settle Archi-
bald, president, will serve as lead-
ers of the iresnman groups.
Y. VV. C. A. and Executive Board
The Y. W. C. A. witn iviiiareu
Clotielter, chairman, will assist u*
room assignments. Executive ooaru
member^ will aiso greet new stu-
$fnts. Baggage will be directed to
fooms by members of the AuileW
Board.
Pages will be furnished by the
Fresiaents’ Council to give general
airectionsi and conduct campus
tours. The Publication. Board is m
cnarge of signs on campus whicn
oirect new students to tneir ioonu>
to the various buildings.
Students become acquainted with
the (School during the day and en-
joy the social activities at night.
Tnere will be a theatre party given
toy the President’s Council Tuesday
night, under the direction of Jean
Letson, president.
The Athletic Board, under lead-
ership of Elouise Peck, president,
will entertain freshmen with a pic-
nic at the camp house and will
arrange for “splash” parties at the
swimming pool.
Page 3
Heads of student organizations will take charge of Orientation Week. They are upper left to
right, Mildred Clotfelter, president of of Y. W. C. A.; Jean Letson, head of Presidents Council; Betty
rchibald, president of Student Senate. Lower, left to right, Amanti Palmer, chairman of Publica-
tions Board; Elouise Peck, president of Athletic Association; and Celia Methvi
dent Government association. (Yeager Studios.)
fin, president of Slu-
Letter To The Editor
Editor, THE ALABAMIAN:
The 1940 staff of THE TOWER
is taking this opportunity to asK
for the interest and support q±
the student body tor its iiterary
magazine.
We have been planning new fea-
tures for the magazine, difierent
ways to make it attractive, but
its ultimate success will depenu
on the quality and quantity oi
YOUR contributions. With your
cooperation we are confident that
Alabama College campus can edit a
series of magazines whose material
and general attractiveness is com-
parable with any in the state.
Freshmen, we are depending on
you in a special way to contribute
THE TOWER should voice the crea-
tive efforts of the whole campus,
which means that your class should
be especially well represented.
So if you’ve been writing this
summer—now don’t be TOO mod-
est—»sHbmit these birain children,
or whatever you call the results,
disappointing or otherwise, to the
TOWER staff.
Sincerely,
Madie Belle Ward,
Editor, THE TOWER.
A Sis-major-Sis-Minor party giv-
en by the Y. w. C. A. will intro-
( duce freshmen to each other and
to all the upperclassmen.
“Echoes of college Night,” a re-
view of the 1939 College Night, will
be presented by the Student Gov-
ernment association with Celia
Methvin, president, in charge. The
Gold impersonation, “Rapaccini’s
Daughter,” and the Purple stunt,
“Puppet Love,” will be given. The
Purple and Gold pep songs and
slew songs will be sung. This per-
formance is designed to demon-
strate to new students the real
meaning and value of College
Night.
Students Learn Traditions
Throughout the week students
will learn of the traditions and
customs, as well as rules and regu-
lations of the campus, from student
government representatives who will
explain the student handbook.
Presidents of the six major or-
ganizations have chosen their as-
sistants for orientation week from
the following students:
Virginia Boykin, Ann Canon,
Lois Sheffield, Edwina Morgan,
Sara Bean, Eloise Jones, Annie
Boyd Parker, Louise Gause, Lois
Anne Smith, Emily Baker, Leola
Pearce, Margaret Reddoch, Martha
(Continued on page 6)
Teachers Attend Meeting
For Curriculum Study
Five members of the high school
faculty are attending the Univer-
sity of North Carolina workshop,
a curriculum conference of teach-
ers from eleven states.
The conference is based on an
eight-year study of curriculum
needs in the individual schools.
This is the second year of the
plan’s existence.
Members of the high school fac-
ulty who are attending the work-
shop are Mr. W. F. Tidwell, Miss
Rizpah Dudley, Miss Vinnie Lee
Walker, MIgs Antoinette Beasley,
Mr Leon Hicks, Mr. J. T. Bagwell,
and Mrs. Josephine Waller.
House Mother, Student Write Accounts
Of Impressions of Two World’s Fairs
College Inn
Under New Management
CLEAN — ECONOMICAL
GOOD FOOD
Increase Note d
In Extension Work
Heightened interest of parents,
teachers and club women in con-
temporary problems, plus a desire
of others to study in strictly cul-
tural fields, has resulted in an en-
rollment of thirty-three and one
third per cent for work offered by
the home study service, according
to Dr. J. i. Riddle, director.
The great gains, Dr. Riddle ex-
plains, may be accounted for by
the growing desire of southern
parents, especially mothers, to learn
how to rear their children for life
in a complex industrial society.
The clubwomen of the state are
also leaning more heavily on the
home study service of the college
for up-to-date program material
which is prepared by the college
for club use throughout Alabama.
The fields in which the new gams
have centered are, significantly ec-
onomics and sociology, as well as
education, indicating a desire on
the part of those bound to the
home to inform themselves of what
is taking place in a larger yorld.
Many of the new federal agen-
cies, through their work, have pro-
voked a spirit of inquiry which has
led to an increase in home study
activity. A combination of these
reasons is the only explanation
college officials can offer for this
unprecedented broadening of the
.service which is carried on through
the malls.
How did you spend your vaca-
tion? Did you stay at home eat-
ing and sleeping; did you work in
a hot store trying to please irritable
customers; did you enjoy nature
in the raw at a cool camp or get
a sunstroke achieving that perfect
tan; did you slave for eleven weeks
at summer school—or perhaps you
went to the fair?
Two enthusiastic fair-goers — a
house mother and a student—wrote
home interesting accounts of both
the New York and San Francisco
fairs. Excerpts from their letters
give realistic flashes and contrast-
ing impressions of exhibits which
have attracted world interest.
San Francisco Exposition
Lois Anne Smith, a junior from
Tallassee, sends word pictures of
the beauty and gaiety at the San
Francisco exposition:
“The fair is on an island out in
the bay, and we ferried across. Even
Hollywood was represented. I over-
heard Frank Morgan and Edward
Arnold commenting on the beauty
of. the skyline at sunset. . . .
“After getting a bird’s eye view
of the fair from, an elephant train,
I began to visit various exhibits.
The one I liked best was the
Palace of Art I could stay in it
ail day and it would be a heaven
for the history of civilization teach-
ers at school. Just imagine seeing
Raphael’s Madonna of the Chair
and Boticeili’s Birth of Venus and
then some of Rembrandt’s, Gains-
University Devises Plan
To Allow More Freedom
Rochester, N. Y.— (ACP) — No
grades, no examinations, no com-
pulsory class attendance!
These are the three essentials
of a new University of Rochester
educational play for honor students
devised to give greater freedom in
planning their own education ac-
cording to student’s special needs
and abilities.
Under the new study plan, quali-
fied sophomores will be invited to
carry on a program of individual
study fashioned after the English
tutorial system. They will work
under the department head in
whose field they will major.
In explaining the plan, a uni-
versity official said: “Students in
the division of honor studies will
be excused from ordinary class re-
quirements, attendance and exam-
inations. Their work will not be
graded from term to term and no
compilation of credit hours will be
required for their degrees.
“They are expected to spend their
time in planning and mastering a
borough’s—oh, everything that we
studied about. Most of them were
valuable loans from foreign coun-
tries—-thirty-five million dollars
worth. In the contemporary arts
room there were some daffy im-
pressionistic drawings. One started
cut with a tit-tat-toe square which
merged into an automobile and
then a tree and then a telephone
pole with a mountain behind it. It
looked so silly. . . .
“I am leading a highbrow life,
but occasionally I step down on a
level with the masses. I took in the
‘Gayway.’ It was full of freak
shows, peek shows, and penny ar-
cades. . . .
“Once a girl artist asked me to
turn sideways while she sketched
my profile. There were several of
the artists working there. . . .
“There’s always a good orchestra
here. Benny Goodman’s playing
this week and I’m beginning to be-
lieve some of the batty jitterbug
tales I hear. And there’s the best
musical show with Jack Haley,
Betty Grable, Alec Templeton, and
Rubinoff. It’s wonderful. . . .
“The lighting effects are almost
too beautiful to describe. All the
old colors and some new ones I’ve
(Continued on page 6)
definitely outlined field of know-
ledge and, at the end of their sen-
ior year, to show that mastery by
success in written and oral exam-
inations, comprehensive in the
sense that they will cover the
major aspects of the outlined field
of knowledge, but intensive in that
they also will demand a thorough
and detailed understanding of
certain chosen areas in that field.
Preparations and Evaluations
“These examinations will be pre-
pared and evaluated by qualified
examiners who in no case have tak-
en part in the instruction of the
students they examine. In many
cases it is expected that these ex-
aminers will be professors of dis-
tinction from other universities.”
Upon completion of final exam-
inations at the end of the senior
year, students are to be ranked in
the folio,wing five 'classifications:
Failed in course (no degree); pass-
ed in course (degree without hon-
ors); first, or highest honors; sec-
ond, or high honors; third, or hon-
ors.
Valuable Policy
For Today’s Driver
Is Safety First
The National News Service has
published the following article in
an effort to make drivers more ob-
servant of safety rules:
“One can hardly pick up a news-
paper without finding articles and
items that concern safety on the
highways. There must always be
new and inexperienced drivers;
nevertheless, the percentage of the
I right kind of drivers is constantly
j on the increase. The proof of this
fact is shown in a steady and en-
couraging reduction in the percent-
age of fatalities and accidents.
Drivers Doing Good Work
The drivers are doing good work
in behalf of greater safety on the
highways and whether you like it
or not, that fellow-driver who gent-
ly calls you down today is likely
saving you from being bawled ou'&
by a traffic cop tomorrow. Unwel-
come and unsought warnings about
one’s shortcomings at the wheel
have a tendency to raise tempers
and blood pressure, but they have
their useful effect. After all, it is
part of a spontaneous effort of sev-
eral million drivers to translate
the methods that have worked suc-
cessfully in the past into a psycho-
logy for We Drivers of the future.
Rules of Parking
Of course, we all know about the,
rules of parking, the red and green
lights and the traffic signs, and as
we remember most of the admoni-
tions of We Drivers booklet, we re-
call that its principal pressure was
upon the drivers. The good reason
for this is found in the fact that
the standard makes of cars carry
every provision for safety. But the
driver at the wheel has it in his
power to defeat all scientific and
mechanical perfections — he must
tend to his job.
These important facts are worth
talking about, writing about and
(Continued on page 6)
Changes Planned
In 1939 Handbook
“Several changes have been made
in the 1939-40 handbook,” states
Celia Methvin, president of Stu-
dent Government.
This year’s book will be 6 by
4% inches, with a gold leatherette
cover. The cover will have only
the name “Alabama College” and
the college seal.
Among the additions, faculty and.
staff members will be listed with
a directory of their offices.
The various traditions of the
school are to be described. They in-
cluae Crook Week, College Night,
May Day, class gifts, and Founders
Day.
Also, swimming and library hours
and rules will be added to the list of
regulations.
Dr. Harman Announces
1939-40 House Directors
House directors for 1939-40 have
been announced by Dr. A. F. Har-
man, president of the college.
Mrs. Mary McLeod McNeil will be
house director of Main dormitory,
assisted by Mrs. H. B. Smith of
Selma. Pending completion of Tut-
wiler hall where she will be direc-
tor, Mrs, Augusta Snodgrass will
assist in Main.
Miss Annie Kemp will .continue
her duties as director in Hanson,
hall.
'Mrs, Louise Coleman, Selma, has.
resigned as house director of Ram-
say hall, following a several years
leave of abience. Mrs. Evelyn Bur-
ton, who has been acting house,
director, will continue in that capa~
city.
PLAZA GRILL
If it’s good food you want
WE’VE GOT IT!
WELCOME!
HICKS'
WELCOME STUDENTS
School Supplies of All Kinds
Page 4
AUGUST 21, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Marine Band Gives
Opening Program
In Concert Season
The sixty-five searlet-and-blue
uniformed musicians of the United
States Marine Band will formally
open the concert-lecture series in
Palmer hall, October 2.
Judged by many as the world’s
premier military band, the Marine
Band is known for its concerts
which compare favorably with those
of the finest symphony orchestras.
So skilled are the eight soloists with
the band, that they compose many
of their own solos.
Since New Year’s Day, 1801,
when that body was little more than
a motley fife-and-drum corps, the
Marine Band has played at every
official function at the executive
mansion. In addition to these ap-
pearances, it has often been called
upon to play in the Hall of Con-
gress on Sunday.
The band is conducted by Captain
Taylor Branson who is often called
“a genius at program building.”
While his programs comprise strict-
ly first-class music, they are bal-
anced so as not to be “heavy,” or
tedious. They range from symphonic
arrangements to stirring military
and novelty songs.
Tentative plans for other num-
bers include Mme. Pearl V. Metzel-
thin who will lecture to home ec-
onomics classes on dietetics. She
will be here in late October or early
November.
Eva LeGallienne and a New York
cast will be presented in either
"The Master Builder’’ or “Hedda
Gcbler” in late November.
Poldi Milner, youthful Viennese
pianist, will appear in January. The
Minneapolis Symphony orchestra
will play February 13, and the fi-
nal performance will be given in
March by Argentinita and her
Spanish dancers.
Registration
(Continued from page 1)
Hope; Irma B. Butler, Double
Springs; Mary Elizabeth Butsch,
Birmingham; Ann Rutledge Cain,
Montgomery; Betty Lou Camp,
Newell; Johnnie Carlisle, Wedowee;
Margaret Carpenter, New Hope;
Eleanor Carter, Ramer; Sara Cart-
wTight, Vernon; Emmie Tom Cen-
terfit, Gadsden; Mary Nell Chas-
tain, Glencoe; Helen Christenber-
xy, Selma; Winnie Pearl Clark,
Kinston; Sarah Ellen Collins, Col-
umbia; Willie Mae Collum, Talla-
dega; Mildred Cosper, Atlanta,
Georgia; Sarah Frances Cosper,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Beulah Elizabeth Crawford, Mar-
ion; Genevieve Smith Creagh, Sel-
ma; Gloria Nell Cunningham, Mill-
port; Mary Burnett Curtis, At-
more; Dorothy Louise D a v is,
Greensboro; Emagene Dawkins,
Tallassee; Margaret Dent, Eufaula;
Eula Elwyn Dickenson, Donalson-
ville, Georgia; Sarah Frances Dob-
ison, Wedowee; Mary Faye Donald-
son, Opp; Florence Marie Drink-
ard, Thomasville.
Martha Elizabeth Eidson, Fort
Deposit; Frances Evelyn Ellis, Cen-
tre; Myrtle Alline Ellis, Spring
Garden; Sarah Jean Ellis, Spring
Garden; Elizabeth Emfinger, Uriah;
Mary Estrid England, Mobile; Mild-
red Mahaley England, Marion;
Thelma Jeanne Espy, Gadsden;
Mary Elizabeth Findley, Greens-
boro; Edith Juanita Foreman, Opp;
Imogene Foshee, Red Level; War-
rene S. Gaines, Prattville; Anna
Christine Gardner, Ragland; Mar-
tha Claire Gates, Mt. Willing;
Jeanne Suttle Gilder, Jasper;
Elaine Glass, Greenville.
Kathryne Bradford Glass, Lin-
The United States Marine Baid, recognized as the world’s premiere military musical organiza-
tion, will be presented here in a beautiful and colorful concert on October 2.
Strand To Show
Outstanding Movies
The Strand theatre has many
outstanding movies booked for the
first few weeks of school. Among
them are “Bachelor Mother,”
“When Tomorrow Comes,” “Good-
bye Mr. Chips,” “They Shall Have
Music,” and “In Name Only.”
“Goodbye Mr. Chips” is the
screen play ®f James Hilton’s im-
mortal novel. Robert Donat por-
trays Mr. Chips, surpassing even
his great performance in “The Cita-
del.” Greer Garson’s performance
as Katherine will stir hearts to
overpowering emotional trills. This
movie, rich in human drama and
warm with laughter and pathos, is
destined to take its place among
the great works of the screen.
“They Shall Have Music,” star
ing Jascha Heifetz, Andrea Leeds,
Joel McCrea, and Walter Brennan,
is about a slum district boy’s sym-
phony. Gene Reynolds gives a skill-
ful performance in the supporting
role of a poor kid who has lost his
dog. There are heart throbs and
suspense packed between Jascha
Heifetz’ wonderful violin melodies.
“Bachelor Mother,” a hilarious
mix-up as to who is Junior’s moth-
er, shows Ginger Rogers and David
den; Ruth Elaine Glover, Sam-
son; Doris Godwin, Birmingham;
Mattie Marie Goldsmith, Atmore;
Mary Helen Goodman, New Brock-
ton; Doris Guy, Jemison; Catherine.
Hamilton, Selma; Louise Hamilton,
Maylene; Ida Carolyn Hammond,
Columbia; Nettie Frances Hardy,
Selma; Minnie Ray Hataway, Kin-
ston; Myrtle Hays, Leeds; Goldia
Melrose Heaton, Crossville; Elma
Jo Henders, Dancy; Dorothy Hen-
derson, Greenville; Margaret Kee-
num Herndon, Jasper; Georgia
Ruth Hodo, Millport.
Hazel Hogan, Deatsville; Adele
Holder, Mt. Vernon; Elizabeth Hol-
land, Sipsey; Sue Holman, Hart-
ford; Eloise Marie Hooper, Selma;
Gladys O. Howie, Heflin; Mary
Evelyn Hurst, Talladega; Margaret
Nell Inman, Labuco; Ina Jackson,
Bryas, Texas; Carol Jenkins, Bir-
mingham; Virginia Speed Johnson,
Halsell; Aline D. Jones, Montgom-
ery; Annie Lee Jones, Autaugaville;
Lila Kathryn Joses, Wedowee;
Mary Frances Jones, Centreville;
Mary Nell Jones, Opp; Julia Faye
Jordan, Cullman; Heles Kent, Wed-
owee; Mary Lois Kerr, 'Muscadine;
Welcome Faculty and Students
TO THE
STRAND.... MONTEVALLO
Sunday Shows begin at 2:00, 4:00, and 8:30 p.m.
Other days at 3:40, 6:40, and 8:25 p.m.
Letter To The Editor
Dear Freshmen:
By this tim^ your trunk is prob-
ably packed and you are all excited
over the prospect of your first year
at college—and maybe just a little
bit scared.
You/ve already received letters
of welcome from every other major
organization on the campus. Though
ours is last, the welcome is no less
sincere. And we hope that you en-
joy this issue of THE ALABAMIAN
and that it will give you some idea
of what our campus is really like.
The Publications Board is a stu-
dent organization which sponsors
THE ALABAMIAN, bi - monthly
newspaper, TH)E TOWER, bi-an-
nual literary magazine, and THE
TECHNALA, campus yearbook.
Positions on these publications
are open to all students. We want
to urge that you will take part on
one or all of them.
Sincerely,
Amand Palmer,
Chairman Board of Publications.
Niven with Charles Coburn and
Frank Albertson playing supporting
roles. Ginger, as a shop girl, finds
a baby on her doorstep and has
a hard time proving to David Niven,
thp boss’ son, that the baby is
not her’s. “There’s a laugh born
every minute,” said one critic of
“Bachelor Mother.’’
“When Tomorrow Comes” co-
stars Irene Dunne and Charles
Boyer in another romantic comedy.
Irene Dunne carries off top honors
as a waitress opposite Charles
(Continued on page 6)
Carolyn Frances Lewis, Sweet
Water, Alice Ligon, Delta; Robbie
Lee Linch, Wetumpka; Runette
Lipham, Wedowee; Mary Bentley
Lowe, Attalla; Clara Nell Lynn,
Greenville; Dorothy Grey McClure,
Arlington; Betty Sue McDougal,
West Palm Beach, Florida; Bess
McLeod, Camden; Josephine Mar-
tin, Montgomery; Mozelle Martin,
Clayton; Lomie Adelle May, Foley;
Mildred Lurille Mayo, Bay Minette-
Eva Amelia Melick, Cresskill, New
Jersey.
Julia Merrill, Dozier; Nannie
Jones Merrill, Andalusia; Martha
Carolyn iMitdhell, Talla a e g a
Springs; Mary Glenn Moore, Orr-
ville; Sara Louise Moore, Alexander
City; Nancy VivianMorris, Abbe-
ville; Dora Frances Mosley, Burnt
Corn; Martha Marguerite Mullins,
Elba; Mary Margaret Mullins, Ge-
neva; Dorothy Virginia Nancarrow,
Birmingham; Marie A. Nears,
Gadsden; Alabelle Norman, Hope
Hull; Frances Norris, Andalusia;
Mary Frances Norton, Bessemer;
Rosemary Ellen O’Rourke, Fort
Dodge, Iowa; Thelma Ann Parker,
Mobile.
Betty Ellen Peebles, Aliceville;
Florence Maxwell Pennisgton, Shef-
field; Madge Evelyn Pfleger, St.
Elmo; Marjorie Byrd Powell, Jas-
per; Nancy Nicholson Powers,
Greensboro; Sara Rebecca Radney,
Wadley; Ruth Rentz, Marion Junc-
tion; Margaret Elizabeth Ritter,
Crichton; Elinor Alice Robertson,
Bessemer; Norma Ellen Robinson,
Plant City, Florida; Martha Rosa-
lind Ross, Birmingham; Sara
Rumbley, Drewry; Margaret
Rumph, Leighton; Katie Lane Rus-
sell, Ensley: Mary Polly Sanford,
Opelika; Gene Savely, Millport;
(Continued on page 6)
Library Selection
Varied This Year
Many new volumes of books have
been bought during the summer,
since the completion of the addition
to the library, which will provide
for 40,000 new volumes.
A number of books have been
added recently. Among the most
interesting are: “Romance of Some
Alabama Industries,” by Branon;
Bryson’s “Which Way America?”
Books on applied science include
“Safe Driving,” by Hamilton, and
“Flavor’s the Thing,” by Harris.
“Group Golf Instruction.” by
Schlemen, opens a new field in
college sports.
Louis Adamic’s new book, “My
America,” appears in the history
section as well as Stern’s “The Man
Who Killed Lincoln.”
“Jamaica Inn,” by Daphne Du
Maurier, has been added to the
fiction shelf. Du Maurier is also the
author of “Rebecca.” “Jamaica Inn”
is scheduled to be filmed soon.
Conclave Stresses
Alabama Writers
The twelfth annual session of
the Alabama Writers’ conclave as-
sembled here June 21-24 with Dr.
Emmett Kirkpatrick serving as
president.
Dr. Kirkpatrick, who was re-elect-
ed president of the assembly, is
head of the French department at
Troy State Normal school. He has
written two books dealing with
southern history during the War
Between the States, minor prose
and poetry, and has shown great
enthusiasm and interest in south-
ern literary pursuits.
The chief purpose of the conclave
is to interchange ideas among its
members so as to stimulate profes-
sional endeavors and encourage
young writers. The organization is
now striving to bring a biblio-
graphy of Alabama authors up to
date. The conclave is trying to re-
vive publications of the Alabama
Historical quarterly. The assembly
desires that works of Alabama
writers be more widely distributed
among Alabamians, who are more
Tower Invited To Submit
Poetry To Magazine
THE TOWER, literary magazine,
has been invited to submit some
of its best poetry to the Baptist
student official publication of the
Southern Baptist convention.
Beginning in January, this maga-
zine will inaugurate a poetry de-
partment. “The purpose of this
department is to give to our 600'
student subscribers the best poetry
that is being written in southern
colleges today,” Virginia Doss,
poetry editor, wrote.
Champion Archer
Tells Interviewer
Of Movie Career
WELCOME
STUDENTS
ROGAN'S
Everyone but Horatio Alger, Jr.,
would be surprised at the amaz-
ing success story of Howard Hill,
Alabama’s internationally famous
archer, who appeared in an exhibi-
tion on the campus August 18.
“From Auburn, where I graduat-
ed in ’22, I went to Sylacauga, from
there to Miami, and from Miami to
California where for some time I
have been under contract to Warner
Bros. Studio,” Mr. Hill told, this re-
porter in a telephone interview.
Movie Career
After hearing his pleasant , well-
modulated voice and seeing his
handsome physique, there is no
doubt but that he will be a success
in the movie, “Sea-Hawk,” in which
he will play second lead to Errol
Flynn. Since his first movie, “Robin
Hood, in which he doubled for
Flynn, Mr. Hill has been at, work
making a series of short subjects
entitled “Adventures with a Bow
and Arrow.” Mr. Hill said that he
had just received a wire from the
studio to appear at the world pre-
miere of the first of these series,
“Wild Boar Hunting,” in Chicago
on September 17. This picture was
made recently in Catalina Island.
Championships
Modestly, Mr. Hill admitted
holding many national champion-
ships — “But my wife,” he added
much more proudly, “who graduat-
ed from your college, holds four na-
tional championships, and she nev-
er shot until I taught her.” Mr.
Hill is the world’s greatest field
archer. “Of course,” he said, “that
is only by comparative score since
there are no international tourna-
ments, but when a man is nation-
al U. S. champion, we say he is
international because the best
archers are in the United States.”
Since holding the world flight
championship from 1927-1932, Mr.
Hill has held many state champion-
ships.
This championship archery was
splendidly exhibited in the many
beautiful shpts he performed on
the campus.
Perfect Aim
Never once missing the target,
Mr. Hill’s aim was perfect. His first
arrows shot from his 97-lb bow
pierced the target and fell far out
on the ground in front of Main
dormitory. His wife executed many
perfect shots and charmed the
spectators with her perfect form.
From here Mr. and Mrs. Hill will
spend some time in the South.
Then they will go to Chicago for
the premiere and for the western
world’s tournament and will return
to their home in San Fernando
valley where they will settle down,
to the uneventful life as members
of Hollywood’s film colony.
ignorant of the literature of their
state than people of other sections
of the country are.
Miss Lelia May Smith, teacher
of speech, philllips High school,
Birmingham, and Mrs. Conrad H.
Ohme, outstanding in both liter-
ary and social work throughout the
state and nation, were honored at
this session of the conclave.
Mrs. W. F. Shillito, widely known
Alabama poet, and Mrs. Roderick
Beddow, lyric soprano, were featur-
ed in a program of which Mrs.
Maude Hardy Arnold was chairman.
These members have been connect-
ed with the conclave for many
years.
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THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
AUGUST 21, 1939
Page 5
Student Placement
Increase Noted
In Summer Report
Placement of 1939 graduates has
increased during the summer
months, as three-fourths report
positions.
Among those placed are Prances
Hodnett, who will be employed by
the Southern Bell Telephone com-
pany in Birmingham, and Virgil
Myrick, who will do welfare work
in Montgomery. Teaching positions
have been filled by Vivian Cotton
at Attalla; Sadye Oumiby in Opp;
Alline Holmes at Northport; Elean-
or Kendrick, Shawmutt; Elizabeth
Pittman, Tarrant City; Augusta
Wynn in Ashland; Louise Phagan
in Dora; Harriet Carpenter, who
will be at Uriah; Hazel Clardy at
Reeltown; Doris Condon in Cull-
man; Sue Cowart at Bear Greek.
Annette Flournoy will teach in
Abbeville; Evelyn Gaines at Sardis;
Mary Nell Gardner in Haleyville;
Hattie Garrison will be at Quitman,
Mississipii. Eiunice Ivey will teach
in Goodwater, Josephine Langdon
at Billingsley, and Evelyn Martin
at Felix.
Home Economics
Graduates who will teach home
economics are Ida Grace Palmer at
Hanceville, Grace Ross in Collins-
ville, Georgia Rea Strain at Car-
bon Hill, Dorothy Tillman in Anda-
lusia, Audrey Vann at West Hunts-
ville, Jean Watson in Panama City,
Florida, and Louise Yeager at
Livingston.
Mathematics teachers are Marie
Christenberry at Bay Minette, El-
len Thomas in Shawmutt, Ruth
Weaver at McKenzie, and Lorraine
Woodfin in Marbury.
Music school graduates incline
Anne Laure Sigler, who will be at
Monroeville, Mary Stewart Howell
in Frisco City, and Louise Mims at
Hartselle.
Frances Douglas will teach in
Montgomery. Louise Cole will teach
physical education in Attalla, Sara
Hollis in Leighton, and Ellen Joyce
Students Awarded
Prizes By Tower
Outstanding literary contributors
to THE TOWER were rewarded at
the close of the 1938-39 school
year by Virginia Moore, editor.
Maoma Moore was given an Ala-
bama College locket for her story,
“Train Thoughts.” This story was
chiefly an analysis of two charac-
ters—a woman, still suffering from
the effects of a tragic marriage,
and a young girl on her way to
college. Each misunderstands the
other during the few minutes she
rouses from her own reveries while
the train rushes on toward its des-
tinations and the unknown future
which lies ahead. Her unusual
choice of names and arrangement
of words into description added to
the poignance of the story.
Celia Methvin won an Alabama
College bracelet for her poem, “To
Catullus:”
Such was my luck, Catullus,
To have missed you twenty
centuries.
Who knows? I might have stilled
Your eternal chant to Lesbia—
And mine to give—and take
• Would have been the “kisses
thousand-fold.”
You loved too long, Catullus,
A woman sipping wine
From other lips than yours.
She took from your soul also
A measure of immortality,
For through the lies of a faith-
less woman
Does you prayer
Float through the winds of cen-
turies.
And I have not missed your smile
Though you yourself forever hide
deeply
In your villa beloved far away.
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Your patronage invited
at Attalla.
Seven graduates will teach in ele-
mentary schools over the state.
They are Eugenia Agee, Monroe-
ville; Ruth Cooley, Camden; Kath-
leen Funchess, Orrville; Maggie
Bell Turner, Opelika; Margaret
Youngblood, Camp Branch school;
Katie Belle Moore, Dothan; and
Clara Ware, Vernon.
English graduates include Mary
Brunson at Atmore; Opal Gibson
in Cullman; Lorene Gray at Holly
Pond; Frances Anne Green at De-
catur; Ola Martin at Beatrice; Imo-
gene Sharpe in Altoona; Pattie
Upchurch in Montgomery; Mary
Elizabeth Ford at Goodwater, and
Minnie Nicholas at Jay, Florida.
Students who majored in history
are Dot Bliss, who will be at Opp;
Anne Butler in Alexander City;
Frieda DeMent at Highland Home;
Ruth Harrison at Millport; Mar-
tha Moon at Minor; Nedra Roberts
in Oneonta; and Edna Weaver,
who will be at Greenville.
Home Economics
Home ecpnomicjs graduates are
Bernice Aldridge, who will teach at
Glencoe; Rebecca Anderson, who
will be at LaFayette; Gloice Blank-
enship at White Plains; and Tina
Butler at Waterloo.
Margaret Hannah Haslam will
serve as clerical assistant in the
offices of the business manager and
bursar at the college. Lowery Turn-
er will succeed Virginia Harrison as
secretary to Dr. Minnie L. Steckel.
Frances Baxter, ’38, will succeed
Betty Perrin as assistant secretary
to the home economics department.
Margaret Timmerman is working in
Auburn, and Jane Waller is em-
ployed in the offices of the Works
Progress Administration.
Three 1939 seniors are doing grad-
uate work. Fairye Carpenter is
studying at the University of Iowa,
Katherine Kulp is taking work at
Emory university, and Elizabeth
Debusk is studying dietetics at a
Chicago hospital.
Elizabeth Gardner is working in
Jefferson County.
Hall Chairmen Named
By Student President
Hall chairmen for the three dor-
mitories have been appointed by
Celia Methvin, president of Student
Government. House presidents will
be elected from this group by stu-
dents in each dormitory at the be-
ginning of the year.
The hall chairmen for Main dor-
mitory are, east wing: Sue Oden,
first; Vera parkman, second; Jose-
phine Herrington, third; west wing:
Joan Franklin, first; Ellen West,
second; Koleen Stone, third; cen-
tral: Emma Anderson, third; Lu-
cille Argo, fourth.
Presiding over the halls in Han-
son will be MJary S!ue Edwards,
first; Gladys Fuller, second; Betty
Jordan, third.
Maintaining order in Ramsay,
Eva Love Wyatt will be on first,
Maoma Moore on second, and Mary
Belk on third.
The Rains Qame
Noah’s Ark to Have Nothing
On the College Buildings
If Hard Downpours Continue
“And the Rains Came.” Louis
Bromfield may have the patent on
this title, and Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer may have the movie rights
to it, but that doesn’t mean one
thing. Alabama College has been
getting the rains coming and go-
ing for four days—on the head,
underfoot, and everywhere — and
still the rains come.
On being told by a pert student
that he would be discharged un-
less he stopped the rain, Clyde,
head janitor of Main, said, “Well,
I might as well start packing now.”
“Tropical weather, my eye,”
Carolyn Liles—Butch—junior phys-
ical education major, announced
pessimistically, “it’s pneumonia
weather.”
“Po’ farmers,” Lois Anne Smith
from Tallassee, said. “They’re put-
ting up signs—‘Don’t step on the
grass, my cotton may be under-
neath it.”
Dr. Sanders, sociology professor
remarked that all the summer
news in Montevallo was that it had
been hot, and now it was wet.
If the rains keep coming—and all
signs indicate that they will—Cap-
tain Harman will be on hand Sep-
tember 6 to welcome the students
to Alabama College, the floating
school.
New Buildings
(Continued from page 1)
Reynolds hall, oldest building on
the campus, built in 1851. When
the work is completed this will be
a modern college union building,
where the social life will be cen-
tered. Changes and improvements
here will cost approximately $34,000.
The alumnae are now raising $4,000
to furnish these new quarters.
The new elementary school build-
ing in to be named for the late
Mary Alice Boyd, who was for 14
years principal of the elementary
training school. This building has
spacious classrooms in keeping
with the “activity emphasis” now
stressed in the training school, al-
lowing ample room for work proj-
ects as well as for routine class
work. Bright and varied wall colors,
appealing to the younger age groups
also help express the fundamental
ideas of progressive education, ac-
cording to Dr. M. L. Orr, head of
the education department. At the
high school a new combination
gymnasium-auditorium is being
added at a cost of $14,867. The new
auditorium has a capacity of ap-
proximately 600. The elementary
school building is being erected at
a cost of $23,800.
Independent of WPA, the col-
National Societies
Honor Students
Who Excel In Work
A college, according to Webster’s
definition, is “a body of persons en-
gaged in common pursuits, or hav-
ing common interests.” In addition,
such an institution provides a
means of honoring those students
who excel in such pursuits. A group
of national honorary societies has
been organized for this purpose by
and includes students from each
department, who have outstanding
records of work in those fields. A
number of the national organiza-
tions are represented on this cam-
pus.
Delta Phi Alpha
Delta Phi Alpha, national honor-
ary fraternity which recognizes ex-
cellence in German, was organized
in 1931. Its purposes are to pro-
mote high scholarship; to stimu-
late the study of the German lang-
uage, literature, and icjivilizatiojn;
to improve understanding of the
German-speaking people; to foster
an appreciation of German culture.
Kappa Delta Pi is a national
honorary education society. In fos-
tering fellowship, scholarship, and
achievement in educational work,
it seeks to encourage among its
members a higher degree of social
service.
Kappa Mu Epsilon
Kappa Mu Epsilon, national hon-
orary mathematics fraternity, has
as its purpose to recognise and fos-
ter scholarship in mathematics. It
is a means to bring together groups
of students in this and other col-
leges who are interested in this
subject.
Kappa Pi, national honorary
fraternity in art, attempts to devel-
op an appreciation and understand-
ing of art for everyone and 10 sup-
port the work of the creative artist.
National Collegiate Players is the
honorary fraternity which recog-
nizes outstanding students in dra-
matics. Its purpose is the affilia-
tion of college groups for improve-
ment by individual, group, or na-
tional effort in any phase of dra-
matic technique or dramatic lit-
erature.
Omicron Nu
Omicron Nu, the national honor-
ary home economics fraternity,
recognizes scholarship, leadership,
and research in this field.
The national honorary French
fraternity, Pi Delta Phi, seeks to
stimulate scholarship in French.
Pi Kappa Delta, national honor-
ary forensic society, has as its pur-
pose to promote intercollegiate de-
bate, oratory, and public speaking.
Zeta Phi Eta is the national hon-
orary professional speech arts fra-
ternity. It seeks to build profes-
sional philosophy and to stimulate
worthy speech and dramatic enter-
prises.
Alpha Lambda Delta is the hon-
orary society open to freshmen who
have dqne outstanding scholastic
work during the first semester.
Alpha Chi Alpha, national journ-
alistic fraternity, is the most re-
cent of the honorary organizations.
It seeks to recognize and honor
those students who have done out-
standing work in college publica-
tions.
Each of the societies selects mem-
bers who are leaders in their re-
spective fields and who have done
good work in other fields.
lege has installed an automatic
cprinkler system in Main hall and
is building an amphitheatre suit-
able for pageants, tableaux and
similar outdoor entertainments.
President Harman has expressed
particular pleasure over the choice
of names for the new buildings.
“Governor Comer was the first
education governor of Alabama af-
ter the War Between the States,”
he commented. “He is generally
accepted as the father of our rural
high school system, and the impe-
tus provided by his support of pub-
lic education has carried to this
day. As for Miss Tutwiler, it is
peculiarly appropriate that her
name should be given to a building
on the Montevallo campus. She
was an effective champion of edu-
cation for women, and in fact, was
the first elected president of Ala-
bama College, though she resigned
before the opening day.”
News of the approaching school
term brings to our attention new
and varied activities of alumnae.
Winifred Lion, ’38, will be librar-
ian at Sidney Lanier high school
in Montgomery. For the past year
Winifred has been studying at the
University of North Carolina and
has also taught at Black Mountain
college.
* * *
Wilo Mae Goddard, ’38, will teach
music in the Knoxville city schools
taking the place of Mildred Liles
Corwin, ’37, who was married in
June and is now living in Cleve-
land, Tenn.
* * *
Annie Mary Jones-Williams ha3
left Louisville, Kentucky, where she
has been located for the past year,
to take a position as librarian at
Birmingham-Southern college.
• * *
Winifred Castleman Black, ’25,
has been awarded a scholarship
at the University of North Carolina
where she will do her graduate
work in psychology. Previously
she has been connected with
the American Red Cross in Mobile,
and is retiring secretary of that
chapter.
* * *
Among the alumnae who have
been doing graduate work this sum-
mer are Betty Bishop, ’36, at the
University of Chicago; Pearl Thom-
as, ’34, and Martha Allen, ’28, at
Columbia university; Ouida Thomp-
son, ’31, Mary Love Martin, ’30, and
Evelyn Calhoun, ’34, at the Univer-
sity of Iowa; Anne Walker, ’31, and
Frances Nathews, ’36, at the Uni
versity of Alabama.
* * *
Two members of the Washington
Alumnae chapter were recent visit-
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Reporter Relates
Student Interview
“I’ve spent two years since I fin-
ished high school preparing myself
for Alabama college, and I know
I’m going to love it,” Mary Allen,
honor graduate of Anniston High
school, told Mary Sterne, feature
editor of THE ALABAMIAN.
A typical American girl, mentally
and physically, Mary is of a med-
ium height and weight, has blond
hair, blue eyes and fair complexion,
she has a pleasant sweet face and
a nose that turns up enough to
indicate that she loves fun. In the
interview she explained her choice
for a college career.
“When I graduated from high
school I decided that I wanted to
go to Montevallo. Dad took me
down, and Dean Napier mapped
out my course. I’ve spent two years
commuting to Jacksonville and get-
ting required work passed so I
could begin secretarial science in
a big way.”
Finest College
Mary’s father is superintendent
of Calhoun county schools, and in
sending Mary here here is paying
a compliment to the school. Accord-
ing to Mary, he considers Alabama
College about the finest college for
women in the state, its faculty out-
standing, and its administration
very efficient. “Yet,” she added,
“I chose the college myself. After
I came to the Career Conference I
was fully convinced that I wanted
to know the real future women of
Alabama. And I love the campus—
it’s beautiful.”
Mary is very interested in Y. M.
C. A. She belongs to the Anniston
Methodist church and is president
of the young people’s department
there.
“And I want to join the Wesley
Foundation.”
She’s a typical new student—
smilingly, she said that she was
glad she would be near home in
case of homesickness. And she’s
looking forward to meeting her new
classmates. Mary expects to find on
the campus all that she pictures as
making up a college. “A school
where I may mix lessons with
friendship to find an education of
lasting value.”
WILSON DRUG COMPANY
We extend a hearty welcome to
both old and new students.
ON THE CORNER
The U. OF HAWAII IS THE only UNIV-
ERSITY IN THE WORLD NOT LOCATED WITH-
IN 2000 MILES OF ANOTHER UNIVERSITY/
OR. EVA FIESEL
LIMGUISTTICS PROFESSOR at
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, READ
3 BOOKS A DAY UP TO THE
DAY OF HER DEATH.
HER LAST 3 BOOKS WERE
"THE YEARS”—LIFE
'DARK WINDOWS"—DEATH
"TRIUMPH''— RESURRECTION
Page 6
AUGUST 21, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Registration
(Continued from page 4)
Buena Opal Scott, Detroit.
Evelyn Self, Hanceville; Mary
George Selman, Rockford; Mary Jo
Sharp, Lincoln; Lorene Love Shep-
pherd, Birmingham; Elizabeth Sieg-
fried, Birmingham; Marian Wanda
Simpler, River View; Iris Willodene
Sims, Tarrant; Maxine Sims, Red
Bay; Catherine Luckett Sowell,
Atmore; Esther Iona Stanton, Rob-
ertsdale; Margaret Abigail Steph-
ens, Prattville; Edith Virginia Ster-
ling, Alabama City; Nell Grace
Stone, Atmore; Dorothy Elose Tarp-
ley, Gadsden; Helen Elizabeth Ta-
tum, Montgomery; Emma Pauvette
Taylor, Dothan; Emily Evelyn
Thomas, Meridianville.
Fran-Claire Timmerman, Tallas-
see; Jo Ellen Towns, Alexander
City; Rosa Helen Tusa, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin; Lela Frances Utley,
Oakman; Martha Ward, Andalusia;
Dorothy Watson, Birmingham;
Laura Elizabeth Watson, Selma;
Mary Adelaide Watson, Geneva;
Rose II Weaver, Selma; Nora Eve-
lyn Weldon, Wetumpka; Portia
Elizabeth Weldon, Mobile; Mabel
Lucille Westly, Talladega; Gladys
Estelle Whitman, Elba; Eddie Gene
Whitt, Haleyville; Vivian Marga-
ret Wilant, East Hempstead, New
York; Fay M. Williams, Birming-
ham; Gwendolyn Louise Williams,
Pratt City; Thelma Williamson,
Berry.
Martha Jean Winn, Birmingham;
Johnnie Wise, Samson; Shirley
Anna York, Monroeville; Mary
Catherine Young, Lineville; Doro-
thy Nell Zachry, Notasulga; Mabel
Ruth Dowling, Samson; Sara Vir-
ginia Parker, Samson; Mary Lou
Gaines, Verbena; Jacquelne Brewer,
Gadsden; Betty Pape, Mobile; Lil-
ias Eva Heblon, Mobile; Georgia
Burke Land, Montgomery; Miriam
Irene Brabham, Florala; Sara Eliz-
abeth Reddoch, Luverne; Helen
Gayle Williams, Henager; Marilyn
Eleanor Fallman, Sylacauga.
Sara Marice Nelson, Sylacauga;
Ola May Parrish, Clanton; Naomi
Crystal Meyer, Cullman; Cora Nell
Hamm, Elba; Ruth Rebecca Put-
nam, Birmingham; Elsbeth Ivey,
Webb; Frances Lucille Robbs, Syla-
cauga; Lillian Elizabeth Dunn,
Fayetteville; Margaret Reed Price
Georgiana; Gladyce May Johnson,
Deatsville.
Doris Bazemore, Talladega; Ha-
zel Christine Adamson, Alexander
City; Sara Elizabeth Gardner, Mon-
roeville; Carolyn Robertson, Bir-
mingham; Marjorie May Stith,
Gadsden; Miriam Elise Doughty,
Reform; Carolyn Elsie Nutt, Mo-
bile; Exer Tucker, Dixiana; Marga-
ret Louise McCarley, Woodland;
Estelle Jones, Fayette; Guesner
Martin Hamner, Gordo; Emily; Ann
Cumbee, Five Points; Elaine Hack-
ney, Lincoln; Henrietta Christen -
berry, Stewart; Marjorie Foulk,
Grove Hill; Mabel Claire Foscue,
Mobile; Birdella Leown Mickelson,
Summerdale; Mary Kate Parish,
Headland; Mary Ruth Graham,
Logan; Jean Bagley, Jasper; Wiley
Mae Holley, Tallassee.
Students Confer
On Future Careers
The sixth annual Student Career
conference was held here, June 28-
July 1, with Miss Florence Jack-
son of Wellesley college as prin-
cipal speaker.
Objectives of the conference cen-
tered around finding suitable ca-
reers and training for high school
graduates. The three-day confer-
ence included formal discussicbs,
round-table talks, and individual
conferences. Special aptitude tests
were given to the members of the
group who were selected from high
school graduates in the state.
Letter to the Editor
Safety First
(Continued from page 3)
thinking about at this time, be-
cause in the coming weeks and
months a large part of the entire
population will still be seeking
short or long vacation trips—per-
haps you will be one of the num-
ber. Whoever sits at the wheel as-
sumes the responsibility for a pleas-
ant vacation, through faithful
obedience to the rules of the road.
Automobiles will skid on certain
kinds of highways, and they run
safely only about so-fast around
tight corners, or for that matter,
along straight roadways.
Drive carefully and have no re-
grets!
Alumni And “Greats”
Used As World Contacts
One method that college news-
papers use tq tie their campus with
events in the “outside world” is to
secure articles from outstanding
alumni and “great” in the political
and professional world. Many have
tried to maintain a series of such
articles, but most have met with
little success, for one reason or an-
other. One of the college papers
that is now carrying such a fea-
ture regularly is the College World
of Adrian college in Michigan. The
idea is simple, and the following
quotes from a letter from the
World’s editor, Clarke Williams,
makes the carrying through of the
idea sound and simple, too. But
there are always many complica-
tions, and we thought you’d be in-
terested in just how one college
editor has had success with the
idea:
“Concerning the special articles
that the College World has fea-
tured. I have realized the posso-
bilities of such a feature for a long
time, but did not until I was elect-
ed editor of the College World did
it have a trial.”
(Continued from page 2)
lina journalism junior, regarding
moving bodies—and stopping trains.
Jewel was doing very well while
under fire from one of Dr. G. R.
Sherrill’s verbal lambastings. But
suddenly Dr. Sherrill changed his
tactics. To better illustrate this
point, he began to get some per-
sonal history.
‘You’re from Branchville?” he
snapped. “Yes,’’ Jewel answered.
“And it may be a small town but
it’s the world’s oldest railroad
junction.”
“Do trains stop there?” Sher-
rill next asked. Then Miss Martin
revealed her supplement to Isaac
Newton’s laws of motion.
“No! Not ordinarily,” she said in-
nocently. “But, if they’re going to
stop, they slow down.”
Which is amazing!
Dear Editor:
Two years ago in the second is-
sue of the 1937-38 ALABAMIAN,
there appeared a short news story
telling of the organization of a re-
ligious council on the campus. From
that time, although there has been
little talk about it among the stu-
dents, a small group of girls have
been meeting: once a month to give
strength and vigor to the organiza-
tion that is now ready to be recog-
nized as an important factor in pro-
moting democracy on Alabama Col-
lege campus.
The Religious Council is composed
of the leaders of every religious
denomination on the campus—
Catholic, Protestant, and Jew.
These leaders are organized in an
effort to create and: strengthen the
bonds of tolerance and understand*-
ing that already exist between the
religious groups on the campus.
It is our intention to have, before
the year is over, some lectures on
different religions represented on
the campus, to secure transporta-
tion to services, and to provide a
place of worship for minority
groups. We ask that the students
on the campus recognize our organ-
ization and cooperate with us by
becoming acquainted with their
council representatives.
Sincerely,
Mary Sterne,
President Religious Council.
Alumnotes
Orientation
Collegians Look To Peace
To Mend Ravaged Spain
Although almost evenly divided
on the rightness and wrongness of
the positions held by the two sides
in the recently concluded Spanish
civil war, collegians are all agreed
that the war was not worth the
cost that it will bring to future
generations of Spaniards.
As for the future, the University
of Kansas Kansan predicted: “The
stupendous task of rebuilding will
be a slow one. What war destroyed
in two years and eight months,
peace must replace. Where war
goes about its job of ruining sys-
tematically, peace moves clumsily,
unsystematically. Climbing back up
the hill to normalcy is always the
more difficult.”
Movie Reviews
(Continued from page 4)
Boyer’s romantic performance of a
heart-palpitating foreign invader.
The action moves rapidly from one
amusing situation to another.
“In Name Only” is another “eter-
nal triangle” stclry. Cary Grant,
married to Kay Francis, who mar-
ried him solely for his money and
social position, falls in love with
Carol Lombard. Complications arise
when Kay refuses to grant Cary
a divorce. “In Name Only” is a
dramatic and alert picture keeping
the audience’s interest with side-
splitting cracks and situations
throughout the performance.
Me G AUGHEYS
LET US HAUL YOUR TRUNK
Take your trunk card to our
stand in Main Assembly
(Continued from page 5)
ors to the campus. Limmora Har-
vey Whitten, ’12, spent- several days
in Montevallo with relatives, and
Florence Tillman, ’37, visited her
mother, Mrs. Pearl N. Tillman, ’39,
who has spent the summer in Mon-
tevallo.
* * *
Among the births is a daughter,
Amelia Jean, to Gladys Parker
Nelson, ’33, and Robert Lansing, son
of Floyce Griffin Hunt, ’33, and
W. E., son of Iris Walton Holland
* * *
Nell Beach Dix, ’37, made her
first fiction sale to the BIRMING
HAM NEWS in the form of a short
story, “Land of Promise,” which
was published in July.
* * *
Pattie Upchurch, ’39, former edi
tor of THE ALABAMIAN, has
tackled a new field and has been
giving household hints over the
radio in Montgomery this summer.
* * *
Summer has marked up scores of
weddings and engagements ' of
alumnae. Among these are the
marriages of:
Willie May Martin, ’33, to Harry
K. Martin of Centreville, July 15.
Eleanor Rennie, ’34, to Roswell
Falenberry, June 3. For the past
four years Miss Rennie has been
connected with the speech depart-
ment at Alabama College. Mr. Falk-
enberry is on the alvertising staff
of the Selma Times-JournaL
Margaret Tamsett, ’35, to D. P.
Gilbert of Leroy, July 14. Margaret
will teach vocational home econ-
omics in Leroy next year.
Julia Stuart, ’35, to Jacob Clifford
Harper, July 16. Mr. Harper is prin-
cipal of the Spring Garden con-
solidated school. Julia received her
Master’s degree from Vanderbilt in
June.
Alice Wood, ’35, to James B.
Grant of Miami, Florida, July 19.
Lucille Mahan, ex-’36, to Morgan
Sheppard Guice of Montgomery,
July 5.
Mattaline Matthews, ’36, to Fu-
trelle Lee Temple, df Sylacauga,
July 23.
Ladean DeSear Baldwin, ’36, to
Theo Wilson Embry of Birming-
ham, June 24.
Patricia swift, ’36, to John Bla-
lock of Selma, June 15.
Mary Ledbetter, ’36, to Eugene
Goldsby Roberson of Montgomery,
June 10.
Joyce Garrett, ’37, to Milton Lee
Orr, jr., of Ensley, June 14. Dr. Orr
is a dentist and the son of Dr. M.
L . Orr of Alabama College.
EVangeline Smith, ’37, to Charles
Emmett Jacson of Sulligent.
Margaret Frances Warren, ’37, to
Robert Bruce Cain, Jr., of Safford,
on June
Helen Austin, ’37, to George W.
Whitinger of Mobile, June 10.
Dorothy Alison, ’38, to Page Elam
Riley of Laurel, Miss., July 7.
Ellen Farish, ’38, to Marshall
Pmnix Craver, jr., of Roanoke on
June 17. Mr. Craver is a lawyer.
Jean Oliver, ’38, to Murray C.
Fincher of Atlanta. Mr. Fincher is
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Bonner Smith, Kathryn Gay, Pat-
ricia Bozenhard, Vera Parkman,
Catherine Lanford, Frances Hodge,
Margaret Stallworth, Carolyn Rowe,
Margaret Dean Harris, Kate Cor-
coran, Josephine Herrington, Kate
Jones, Marian Hughes, Fiidera Ta-
pia, Helen Hope Balch, Mary Flynn
Sellers, Annie Jean O'Daniel, Eve-
lyn Mayhall, Beulah K. Gullage,
Vandalyn Lazenby, Mabeth Skel-
ton, Martha Wood.
Mary Ann Edwards, Mary Barton
Ware, Elsie Fergerson, Elizabeth
Moore, Annie Mae Paulk, Geraldine
Hollis, Gladys Fuller, Delle Mullen,
Gregg Allen, Sara Harris, Caroiyn
Berry, Frances Page, Shelby Taylor,
Jerrene Lucas, Jeanne Appseton,
Evelyn Studdard, Nell Moates,
Frances Roberts, Melba Ruth Jones,
Barbara Peck, Madelyn Wright,
Ida Moore, Mary Grace Orr, Mary
Sterne, Eloise Martin, Kathryn
Thomason, Norma Hermann, Ruth
Wright.
Elizabeth Reynolds, Sara Christ-
enberry Boo Steed, Margaret Agee,
Hazel Morrow, Leverne Williams,
Retha Deal, Ellen Preuit, Emma
Anderson, Margaret McAllister,
Mary Frances Mullen, Edna Hays:
Mary Ruth Seigfried, Ellen West,
Ellen Bonner Jones, Leonora Green,
Jean Smith, Helen Weaver, Lucile
Argo, Mary Sue Edwards, Mary
Dent Mills, Virginia: Stockton, Mary
Eelk, Dot Farr, Forrest Brans-
combe, Lucy McLemore, Imo Hea-
cock, Lurline Thompson.
Margaret Saxon, Helen Young
Lewis, Evelyn Chandler, Irene
Swift, Frances Williams, Carolyn
Baker, Nell Fuller, Katherine Tur-
nipseed, Flora Jane Abney, Mary
Garrison, Yancey Bailey, Frances
LaGrone, Mary Ruth Northington
Dorothy Dunn, Eva Love Wyatt,
Emily Pratt, Rose Adair Brown,
Frances Norton, Margaret Cook,
Frances Scarbrough.
Fair-Goers
the editor of the Southern Bell
Telephone News.
Marion Pilcher, ’38, to Madison
Milton Hooton of Lineville, on June
24.
Julia Coley, ’38, to Thomas Ed
ward Duncan of Alexander City, in
June.
Louise Horn, ’39, to Wilbur B.
Nolen, Jr., of Birmingham, on June
11.
Jean Lovell, ex-’38, to Hiram
Grantham, Jr., of Texas, on May 24.
Mary Watson, ’27, to John Sel-
man cf Troy, August 12.
Lucie Parnell, ex-’35, to Frank
Eads Hines of Pell ®ity.
Betty Phillips, ’3B, to Wilburn
May of Dothan, July 28.
Mary . Steel Herrington, ex-’40,
to Otha Anderson Carneal, Jr., of
Selma.
Corinne Andrews. ’39, to Claude
Whitehead, July 29. Mr. Whitehead
is attending the Yale Divinity
school. Corinne will study at Yale
also and in addition be connected
with the Girl's Recreational Guild
of New Haven.
Stella Etheredge, ’36, to Wallace
Montgomery of Camp Hill, June 30.
Aileen Mayfield, ex-’41, to Wil-
liam Lagrone of Memphis.
Elizabeth Reynolds, ex-’41, to G.
W. Lendemann of Atlanta.
Athletic Association
Sponsors Varied Sports
Just as every other organization
is in charge of some definite part
in campus life, the recreational
element is taken care of by the
Athletic Association, which spon-
sors many sports and activities.
During orientation week the as-
sociation entertains the freshman
class with a picnic hike to the
camp house one mile from the cam-
pus.
Due to the efforts of the Athle-
tic Association, the camp house
has been equipped to serve as a
change from school routine. The
house is situated on a hill above a
meadow which is used for the pic-
nic supper.' The sleeping porch will
accomodate fourty-four cots. There
is a play room equipped with ping-
pong tables, shuffle boards, and
other games. The big dining room
and kitchen are ideal for serving
large groups. Groups of students
may have access to the camp for
weekend parties.
The Athletic Association spon-
sors many sports for students.
Among these are hockey, tennis,
basketball, baseball, volley ball, and
swimming. Hockey, a fall sport, will
be begun immediately cin the
opening of the first term.
Play Day, which is presented
each spring, ls always a high point
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never seen. The architecture is a
new style called ‘Pacifica.’ It’s sort
of majestic looking anyhow, and
with these hidden lights it’s amaz-
ing. By the way, the goddess of the
fair is an eighty-foot statue called
’Pacifica.’ she is as popular as the
Tower of the Sun with its chimes,
“There are some scientific ex-
hibits and quite a bit of air trans-
portation but they seem almost
drab beside the rest.”
MJ-s. Augusta Snodgrass, house
mother of Main dormitory, writes of
two days spent admiring the bril-
liantly colored World’s fair:
“The whole spirit of the fair is
so youthful and so full of vigor
and strength that I feel quite young
again. The lines of the statuary are
so. strong—in fact, it seems to me
that everything possesses) a definite
masculinity. None of your dainty
fragility here, but a bold strength
that seems to shout youth and to-
morrow. . . .
“The first building I saw—and
ironically enough on that first hot
day—was the Coty’s building. I felt
called upon to enter and powder
my shiny nose. . . .
“Of course, we saw all the for-
eign exhibits but the one that had
the greatest appeal for me was the
Italian building, it was dedicated
to Marconi and was a panorama of
color depicting all the glory that
Italy has ever produced. Why,
there was even a' cascade falling
from the top of the building. It
was, I believe, artistically, the most
beautiful thing I’ve seen.. . .
“In comparison to the foreign
buildings the typical American ones
were more conservative. For ex-
ample, Independence hall seemed
so out of place. However, the Am-
erican Redwood building was beau-
tiful—the relief work done on it
was in copper. Also the murals done
in new enamel in the homes fur-
nishing building were enchanting.
They were so vivid. . .
“The fair was wonderful, but
aside from just looking I found
lots of action. One night we saw a
beautiful fireworks display. It was
so elaborate and it was reflected
in a pool of water. The patterns
and the effect they produced were
dreamlike. Everything was so still
and the music along with the dis-
play gave a remarkable effect. . .
“And, speaking of effect, do you
remember Laurence Olivier in
“Wurthering Heights?” I saw him
steal a play from Katherine Cor-
nell. It was ‘No Time for Comedy.’
Very amusing. . . .
“The only thing that I saw at the
amusement area was Frank Buck’s
Monkey Mound. Personally, I was-
n’t impressed. . .
“I wish that you could see the
fair. I think that it is characteris-
tic of adventure. It is so boldly
colorful, so defiantly strong and so
masculine. And it was like a city
of magic.”
in the sports calendar. It demon-
strates the skill which students
have gained in different activities.
The Athletic Association is made
up of a representative from each
class, one councilor for each major
eport, and Miss Margaret McCall,
and Miss Elizabeth conn, advisers.
1939-1940 officers are Elouise
Peck, president; Ann Canon, vice-
president; Dorothy Dunn, secre-
tary; and Yancey Bailey, treasurer.
The aosoqiation is making ,hig
plans for a record-breaking year,
which will begin when the asso-
ciation entertains the entire stu-
dent body at the first dance of the
season. The dance, which will be
held in the hangar, will feature
the various activities sponsored by
the association.
Ann Canon, vice-president of the
organization, says, “We are doing
our best this year to put it over
to the student body that the Ath-
letic Association is the entire en-
rollment—not just selected ones or
physical education majors. We are
a major organization functioning
for the entire campus.”
Exchange Students
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French, or Spanish in return for
their expenses, according to ar-
rangement by the Institute of In-
ternational Education, New York, of
which Dr. Stephen Duggan is di-
rector.
Steamship Itn&si extend special
rates to students sponsored by the
institute, and each year American
students go abroad to continue their
studies in exchange for those com-
ing to American college.
SCHOOL
DAYS
The Alabamian
Alabama College, the State College for Women
VOLUME XVII
Z 7
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, SEPTEMBER 18, 1939
NUMBER 2
Theatre Plans
Eight Plays
For Production
Sophomores To Present
Play For First Time
In Palmer Hall May 10
“Sophomores are planning to
present a class play this year for
the first time,” announces Dr. W. H.
Trumbauer, director of the College
theatre. This will be one of the
eight plays presented during the
1939-1940 theatre season. The Col
lege theatre, under the direction of
W. H. Trumbauer, will produce
three plays; the Alabama Players,
with Miss Ellen Haven Gould as
adviser, one play; and each of the
lour classes one play.
First Play
The College theatre will open the
season by presenting THE BAR-
BER OF SEVILLE, by Beaumar-
chais, October 20. Spain furnishes
the background for this wit-packed
masterpiece of French drama. The
freshman play will be given Novem
ber 7, and the senior class play is
scheduled for November 17. Selec-
tion of class plays will depend up-
on the personnel available in the
various classes, and no definite
plans have been made for their se-
lection.
THE WELL OF SAINTS, an Irish
play by Synge, will be produced by
the College theatre, December 15.
This play is designed to present the
contrast of the sordidness of life as
it really is with the ethereal beauty
of an idealistic life.
“Our Town”
The Alabama Players wil give
Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer prize
play, OUR TOWN, February 2. This
drama, taking place in a' New
Hampshire village, is a combina-
tion of humor and pathos set
against a background of social, his-
torical, and religious ideas.
The junior class play will be
presented March 22.
The College theatre will give its
third play, Jules Romain’s DR.
KNOCK, April 19. This. play of the
present day has rapidly gained a
place of popularity. It is a satire
on the modern lock-step habit of
thinking and racketeering in the
business and professional world.
The sophomore class play on May
10 will bring the expanded theatre
season to a close.
Student Reception
Honors Freshmen
The annual student government
association reception was held Sat-
urday evening, September 16;, in
Main lobby. ,
Mrs. H. B. Smith, new matron in
■Main dormitory, served punch in
east parlor, and Mrs. Mary McLeod
McNeill served in west parlor.
Frances Williams served nuts and
mints.
Mary Ruth Seigfried, Barbara
Peck, and Margaret Agee greeted
the faculty before the receiving
line was formed. Class presidents,
Martha Terry, senior, Nell Wooten,
junior, and Sara Peck Weaver,
sophomore, presented their respec-
tive classes to the receiving line.
The receiving line included Celia
Methvin, president of student gov-
ernment association, President and
Mrs. A. F. Harman, Dean and Mrs.
T. H. Napier, Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Wills, Mrs. Mary M. McCoy, Miss
Katherine Vickery, Dr. and Mrs.
M. L. Orr, Miss Dawn Kennedy,
Dr. and Mrs. Gordon McCloskey,
Miss Elizabeth Conn, Dr. and Mrs.
Irwin T. Sanders, Bettie Archibald,
Margaret Stallworth, Sara James,
Irene Swift, and Miss Minnie L.
Steckel.
Sara James was chairman of the
decorations for the reception. The
refreshments committee included
Paralee Henson, Irene Swift, Mar-
garet Stallworth, and Eloise Mar-
tin.
La Mademoiselle
Fashions’ Darlings Select
Clothesi for All Occasions
With Unerring- Individuality
By Mary Sterne
That “Mademoiselle” of Alabama
College will be quite the “vogue” in
fashions of 1939 is apparent by the
colorful “pictorial revue” already
exhibited on the campus.
From the tip of her well worn
saddle .shoes to the top of her be-
ribboned, long bobbed hair, the
young lady is jauntily attired like
every studious college girl wishes
to be attired. A soft sweater adorn-
ed with daring novelty necklaces
or more sedate pearls worn with
a bright pleated skirt as seen in
the classroom are said by fashion
experts to be incentives to study.
Saucy gingham junipers over dain-
ty organdy gimps have been com-
mented oh here and there as being
most charming with moccasin foot-
wear and ribbed white socks.
Church bells will call the sophis-
ticated mademoiselle to worship,
her wavy hair hidden beneath chic
black models, her feet daintily
smart in high vamped pumpa com-
plemented by chiffon hosiery, her
figure styled in bustled velvets,
silks, and satins, and “fussy” gloved
hands holding enormous purses of
rich soft texture.
Dance time finds Miss Vogue a
lovely picture of old fashioned
grace in bustles, hoops, cameos, and
drop shoulders. Date parlors will
be colorful with gay silks, “sissy”
blouses and taffeta skirts, and
pretty faces.
Bedtime—and mademoiselle slip-
ping out of dainty old fashioned
petticoats and soft lingerie into
tailored pajamas that are the last
word in comfort and style, and so
into delicious refreshing, beauty
sleep.
Mrs. Bruce Unable
To Resume Work
A cablegram today from the phy-
sician of Mrs. Isobel Campbell
Bruce, who was injured in the
Athenia sinking, to Alabama Col-
lege officials, announced the Ala-
bama woman will be unable to re-
sume her position as associate pro-
fessor of sociology until January.
Sent from Innellanop, Scotland,
the cable read: “Mrs Bruce trans-
ferred home under medical super-
vision. Recovery slow. Cannot be ex-
pected to return before January.
(Signed) JAMES BROWN, M. D.”
Mrs Bruce, who has done social
work in Montevallo and lectured at
the college three years, sailed on
the Athenia from England August
26, but returned to Scotland after
being in thee torpedoed ship.
Alabama college has announced
that Miss Annie Louise Pruitt, di-
rector of social service for WPA in
Mobile, will take Mrs Bruce’s place
during the first' term. Miss Pruitt'
a graduate of Huntingdon college,
has done special study at Tulane
university, and is known for her
welfare work in Troy and Walker
county.—Birmingham News.
Birmingham Artist Will
Select College Beauties
“Mr. Moltley «ykes, artist from
Birmingham, will select ' campus
favorites and beauties to appear in
Elite night, Friday, November 10,”
announced Birdie Margaret Moorer,
TECHNALA editor.
Mr. Sykes will stay on the cam-
pus for two days visiting classes,
eating in the dining room and
mingling with students. He will
select twenty girls during his stay
who will appear at Elite Night,
and from this number the six cam-
pus beauties will be elected by the
student body. All girls selected by
Mr. Sykes will appear in the fea-
ture section of the TECHNALA.
This plan is being used instead of
the usual class elections.
Pi Kappa Delta
Will Sponsor
Campus Debate
Pi Kappa Delta, honorary speech
fraternity, is planning an inter -
mural debate! tournament, tenta-
tively scheduled for the week-end
of October 27-28.
There will be twelve teams rep-
resenting Ramsay, Hanson, East
Main, Central Main, West Mam,
the combined co-operative houses,
and day students. Members of Pi
Kappa Delta will serve as coaches
for the various teams.
The preliminary round of the
tournament will be held Friday
evening, October 27. Semi-finals
and finals will be Saturday, Oct-
ober 28. Judges for all contests are
to be selected from the faculty.
The Pi Kappa Delta planning
committee for the tournament in-
cludes Mary Diamond, Birdie Mar-
garet Moorer, Annie Mae Paulk,
Yenna York, Christine Griffin,
Sara Peck Weaver, and Mary Grace
Orr.
Eight N e w Members
Take Up Duties
On College Faculty
New faculty members were intro-
duced in convocation, Tuesday,
September 12, by President A. F.
Harman.
Miss Bertis McGee, associate pro-
fessor of secretarial science, has
returned after a two-year leave of
absence. Miss McGee has been
studying at the University of North
Carolina for her doctor’s degree.
Mrs. Zoe Carroll Black joins the
science department assistant pro-
fessor of biology. Dr. Black received
her master’s degree as well as her
doctor’s degree from Duke univer-
sity.
Miss Mildred L. Caldwell replaces
Edith Lindberg, whose marriage
took place this summer, ,as instruc-
tor in physical education. Miss
Caldwell received her bachelor of
science degree from Peabody col-
lege. She has studied modem danc-
ing in Dresden, Germany, and
comes to the campus from Athens
college where she was head of the
physical education department.
Dramatics Instructor
Jack W. Warfield will be instruc-
tor in dramatics. Mr. Warfield re-
ceived his bachelor of arts degree
from the University of Wisconsin,
and his master’s degree from the
University of Minnesota. He is a
member of National Collegiate
players and has directed the Pasa-
dena players.
Margaret Florey of Bainsbridge,
Ohio, will serve as instructor of
speech. Miss Florey received her
master’s degree from the Univer-
sity of Ohio where she was a mem-
ber of Phi Beta Kappa.
Cary V. Stabler will be associate
professor of history.
Shelby Southard is executive sec-
retary to the college. He is southern
correspondent for TIME magazine
and editor of the Guidebook of
Alabama. Mr. Southard was editor
of the college newspaper at Bir-
mingham-Southern where he re-
ceived his bachelor of arts degree
in history.
Assistant Librarian
Sara Cole, new assistant librarian,
attended Hendricks college, the li-
brary school at the University of
Illinois, and has taught in the high
school at Conway, Arkansas, where
she was librarian.
Mrs. Isobel Bruce, assistant pro-
fessor of sociology, was injured in
the torpedoing of the Athenia,
British ship on which she was re-
turning from a vacation in Scot-
land. Due to hampered communica-
tion with Europe, Dr. A. F. Harman,
president, has not been able to find
out the definite date of Mrs. Bruce’s
return. The extent of her injuries
is not known.
Miss EVa Golson, assistant pro-
fessor of English, is on leave of
absence to attend the University
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U. S. Marine Band Will Give
Concert Here on October 2
CORNET SOLOIST
Winfred Kemp, above, will
be presented as cornet soloist
among the artists of the United
States Marine band.
Technala Pictures
“No classes except the seniors
will be draped for TECHNALA
pictures this year,” announces
Birdie Margaret Moorer, editor.
Members of freshman, sopho-
more, and junior classes are re-
quested to wear simple, tailored
dresses. Students are urged not
to wear extreme necklines or
hairdresses.
Radio Hour Is Theme
Of Y.W.C.A. Party
The sis-major, sis-minor party,
one of the outstanding entertain-
ments of Orientation week, Septem-
ber 2, presented a make-believe
radio broadcast at the Field house.
The Dixie Candy company’s trav-
eling broadcast was Alabamy bound
with Miss Pearly White (Mary
Sterne) and Chalk Dust (Elise
Hagood) officiating throughout the
program.
The theme of Alabama was car-
ried out in the decorations. One
wall of the Field house pictured
numerous buildings that can be
found in Alabama. With a sky-
scraper as the center of interest,
the other structures included a
tepee, a marble building, and two
cottages.
After a stirring tribute to the
pulchritude and intelligence of the
students of this institution, twelve
freshmen volunteered to have their
I Q.’s tested. Clever questions and
hilarious answers made this the
high point of the party. Peggy Kirk
was the winner of the intelligence
test.
The candy company’s orchestra
furnished music while punch was
served. Everyone dressed in cos-
tumes to suggest their home town,
and from the originality of the
dresses which the freshmen wore,
we believe that the classi of ’43 will
improve our sense of humor. Miss
Frances Utley from Oakman won
the prize for the best costume.
Committee chairmen for the
party were Elise Hagood, general
chairman; Louise Gause, refresh-
ments; Mary Sterne, program, and
Frances Roberts, decorations.
Band Features Artists
of National Repute
In Great Performance
The scarlet and blue clad United
States Marine band to appear in
two performances here October 2, is
rich in soloists and top-flight mu-
sicians. Every player is an artist
in his particular field.
Captain Taylor Branson, leader
of the band, typifies the gallant
soldier and magnetic musician. He
is conceded by critics to be a gen-
ius at program building. Captain
Branson, with his entire band, is
a great favorite with young people.
Particularly significant is the in-
spiration he has given all the na-
tion’s young musicians.
Principal Musician
Winfred Kemp, principal musi-
cian of the iband, is considered the
finest cornet soloist in the band
field. When Kemp was urged by a
friend to try out for the Marine
band, he said, “I’d never make it.”
After Kemp did have an audition
with captain Branson, he was giv-
en a position in the band and rap-
idly advanced to highest place.
Kemp doubles as a crooner in a
clear tenor voice with the band’s
orchestral combination at officers’
dances and similar affairs.
Roberta Isele, 19-year-old trom-
bone player, came from swing band
to soloist with rapid strides. His
“slip horn” of other days has be-
come a staid trombone. Due to
work in his Harrisburg, Pennsyl-
vania, high school band, Isele en-
tered several contests in which he
came in contact with some of the
country’s foremost band leaders.
Under pressure from some of these
leaders in the field of band music,
Isele decided to devote himself to
“serious music” and soon was given
an audition with Captain Branson.
Isele was selected and promptly
rose to trombone soloist.
Other Soloists
The band iboasts other soloists
such as Charles Owen and Oliver
Zinsmeister, xylophone soloists,
called “the best percussion duo in
the business” by Captain Branson.
Edward L Masters, newest recruit
to the stellar roster of the band,
came to his present position of
eminence through the ranks of the
Marine corps itself. Masters is a
cornet soloist and also plays the
violin with the band’s orchestral
combination.
All members of the band, even
after proving themselves superb
musicians, must practice five morn-
ings a week with the band and
many hours in intensive individual
practice. The general high stand-
ing of every player in the band is
one of the principal contributing
factors in the band’s international
fame and high standard of music.
Captain Branson has shown great
skill in blending the great classics,
American jazz, military works, and
simple folk songs into two compo-
site programs for Monday, October
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New Staff of Reporters
Is Added to Alabamian
Reporters for 1939-40 ALABAM-
ian staff include a large group of
freshmen and sophomores.
The list of new reporters includes
Lilias Heblowj Carolyn Breaux,
Claire Foscue, Fauvette Taylor,
Dorothy Sandlin, Jean Eispy, Fran-
ces Own^s, Mary Ellen Wallace,
Berneese Dison, Mary Beth Wil-
banks, Annie Lee tfones, Frances
Padgett, Sammie Darrough, Nancy
Powers, Sara Reddock, Imogene
Foshee.
Annie Ruth Beasley, Mary Caro-
lyn Norris, Virginia Martin, Evelyn
Weldon, Peggy Kirk, Margaret Rit-
ter, Margaret Lee, Imogene Har-
ris, Mary Grace Orr, Melba Ruth
Jones, and Frances Norris.
Page 2
SEPTEMBER 18, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
EDITORIALS
Does America Want War?
The United States is driving headlong into the
jaws of war.
President Roosevelt, in his radio address Sun-
day night, expressed a hope against America’s
entanglement in European conflict, hut it sounded
perfunctory. There was too little conviction, too
little strong-hearted devotion to the maintenance
of American peace.
On Labor Day we heard Joe iStarnes, Congress-
man from the Fifth District, and George Googe,
Southern vice-president of the American Federa-
tion of Labor, make speeches the essence of which
was this:
“War is terrible. We in America are fortunate
that we today have peace. But the nations of
Europe have started fighting again, and we must
not be surprised if before very long it will be neces-
sary for us to go over there and settle their quar-
rel—‘Save Democracy.’ ”
Well, if our President, our Congressmen, our
labor leaders and most of the rest of us are ready
to admit now that war must come to America—
THEN IT WILL COME!
Not six months ago, Americans were saying,
“We’ll never go to pull England’s chestnuts out
of the fire again.” But now they savering before
the propaganda blasts. The moral issue of “democ-
racy” is being pushed to the front as a reason for
saving England—despite England’s countless sins
against democracy in Egypt, Palestine, Arabia,
India, and wherever she has had control over
people too weak to demand their rights.
How soon we forget her arrogant refusal to pay
her war debts!
How soon we forget her failure to stand by
Woodrow Wilson when, in 1918, he sought to make
“an honorable peace!”
If only they had followed his wisdom, there
would have been no revenge upon the German
people, and no embitterment to breed a Hitler.
But America is fast forgetting—if, in fact, we
have not forgotten already. People on the streets
are talking now of speculative profits—of a boom
that must have its origin in the sale of goods and
instruments of death to the bleeding people of
Europe.
Our people are kidding themselves if they think
we can sell ourselves to prosperity from a safe
place outside the war zone. If *we supply the goods
of war to one of the belligerents — America is
headed for war!
The TIMES is against America’s entrance into
the conflict, deplores the current speculative fever
based on potential war sales, and calls on state
and national leaders to come out with stout-
worded declarations of peace conviction rather
than with qualified “hopes.”—Charles G. Dob-
bins, THE ANNISTON TIMES.
Patience Has Its Reward
“Oh, I can’t wait to see the new buildings!”—
and the next minute, “Why don’t they stop that
DAMN noise!’’ Someone observed that she wasn’t
consistent; another disliked her fluent use of
profanity; but we would refer her to the old
maxim, “Patience has its reward.”
Every year we find ourselves faced with numbers
of obstacles before we can adjust to the school
year. This year, in addition to the continued con-
gestion in the dormitories, the assignment of class-
rooms brought about by the building program sets
up another confusing situation. The heat not
helping to improve our dispositions, there seems
to be little left in our favor.
While there are not guarantees as to the exact
dates at which work will be completed, it is con-
fidently expected to be finished, and the buildings
ready for occupancy not later than January 1,
according to President Harman.
As thrilled as we all are over the new buildings,
we do realize that we can’t have “something for
nothing.” And so Dr. Harman’s advice, “Please be
patient,” is very fitting.
The Strand Offers Thrills and Laughs
In Three New Outstanding Pictures
By Jeanne Appleton
Lady of The Tropics
Sunday-Monday
Hedy Lamarr, sight of the cen-
tury, and Robert Taylor make, a
handsome and entrancing team of
sweethearts in “Lady of The Trop-
ics,” which is now being shown
at the Strand theatre.
The story, laid in the tropics,
shows Robert Taylor, a young Am -
erican engineer, falling in love
with Hedy Lamarr, a more gor-'"
geous than good half-caste girl.
Love, hatred, passion, fury, jeal-
ousy—all the emotions inbedded in
the spirits of primitive races—are
rampant in this drama.
The “heady” Lamarr is the unfor-
tunate victim and instrument of
the scoundrel Joseph Schildkraut’s
nefarious plans. She ultimately re-
venges herself by murdering Schild-
kraut.
This superbly emotional film
thrills audiences from coast to
coast with its torrid drama. The
Lamarr-Taylor partnership recalls
the Garbo - John Gilbert team by the
skillful blending of talents and
personalities.
These Glamor Girls
Tuesday-Wednesday
Sparkling youth against a col-
lege-bred background is the theme
of “These Glamor Girls.” Anita
Louise, Jane Bryan, and Ann Ruth-
erford “glamorize’’ as three lovely
debuntantes opposite Lew Ayres’
very convincing portrayal of a col-
lege senior.
Lana Turner, a honky-tonk host-
ess, comes to a college houseparty
on Lew’s drunken invitation. 'She
arouses Anita Louise’s jealousy,
and suddenly through Anita’s re-
venge becomes the victim of a hec-
tic tuxedo storm.
“These Glamor Girls” will bring
renewed youth to oldsters who see
it, and youngsters will see a ro-
mance-filled mirror of their own
lives.
Daughters Courageous
Thursday-Friday
“Daughters Courageous,” starring
Pricilla, Rosemary, and Lola Lane,
and Gale Page, is reminiscent of
“Four Daughters.”
Claude Rains, again the father of
the four fun-loving sisters, turns
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Manager, Mary Jo Raney; Feature Editor, Mary Sterne; Copy Editor, Martha McRae;
Speech Editor, Jeanne Appleton; Sports Editor, Sara Harris; Club Editor, Nancy
Weems; Society Editor, Frances Roberts; Advertising Managers, Ollis Mills, Amanda
Keelyn, Margaret Cook; Circulation Managers, Charlotte Meinwald, Lois Maples;
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REPORTERS I
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Lee, Imogene Harris, Mary Grace Orr, Nancy Powers, Sara Reddoch, Imogene Foshee,
Annie Ruth Beasley, Mary Carolyn Norris, Mary Ellen Wallace, Mary Beth Wilbanks,
Gwendolyn Tittle, Annie Lee Jones, Frances Padgett, Sammie Darrough.
Campus
Gossip
By 3 Snoops
Grits—When we see Helen Autrey
walking around we feel as if we
are having a visit from “Syl’s”
ghost.
* * *
It is rumored that' Sara Christen-
berry weeps bitter tears every night
in the seclusion of her room. The
secret is that now a freshman has
the honor of being the tallest girl
on the campus!
* * »
Flash—Latest War News!
All third east Ramsay is on the
war-path — Who’s the villain that
stole all the sheets on the night of
September 11?
* • m
Who is the beautiful sophomore
sporting a Sigma Nu pin? Nice
going, Becky!
* * *
What about the* senior who was
going to take the poor little fresh-
man under her wing and later dis-
covered it was her roomie’s bit-
terest rival? Poor Peter!
* * *
We suggest that the upperclass-
men take library lectures along
with the freshmen.
* * •
We see the boys from Southern
certainly lose no time in getting
down here. We wonder how many
trips a certain car HAZ made?
* * *
We often hear dumb ones about
freshmen, but the freshman that
sent her class cards home for re-
ceipts beats the one that gave
her church preference as red brick.
m M m
Dr. Ackerley is able to tell a
senior by merely looking at the
rouge on her cheeks. Not only that,
but she can tell her in what part
of the building she resides. Could
it be the lighting on the mirrors?
* * V
In case you hear of someone liv-
ing in. Adolescent Alley, don’t start
(Continued on page 4)
Change and Exchange
MY, MY, HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED
And I’m at A. P. I.
Girls are scarce as hen’s teeth
Boys all over the place,
Dates no more than “once a month,”
We can’t live at this pace.
It ain’t no fun, it’s a sigh,
’Cause sne’s at Montevallo,
And I’m at A. P. I.
Only boys to chum with
To tell our troubles to,
Only boys to romance with—
We ddn’t get our just due—
Dates are few and far between
And nights are so lonesome we could die,
While she’s in Montevallo
And I’m at A. P. I.
“Stardust” is our Waterloo,
We’re Napoleon’s “Bony-part,”
All this distance far between
Us and our only heart
Is making us very unlikable
Old bachelors we’ll be by and by,
If she’s in Montevallo
And I’m at A. P. I.
—Plainsman, 1936
* * * *
Time -has passed
As time it will—
His heart has been cured
Long of its ill.
Now he shouts
No longer doth sigh,
Because she’s at Montevallo
And he at A. P. I.
Time has passed
As time it will—
From these same lips
Harsh words do shrill
Of much rejoicing
Now his cry
Hurrah—She’s at Montevallo
Me at A. P. I.
—M. S.
* * * *
WHAT IS THIS YOUNGER GENERATION
COMING TO?
She was a senior, haughty and fine
And I was a freshie with no peace of mind—
She gave orders which I carried out
Obeying her word, never a doubt.
She was a senior, haughty and fine,
And I was a sophie with a mischievous mind—
She gave orders which I carried out
Obeying her word, beginning to doubt.
She was a senior, haughty and fine,
I was a junior, with an intelligent mind.
She gave orders which I carried out—
Fraidy cat me—plenty of doubt.
They were fresh, sophs and juniors refined,
I was a senior with a nurtured mind—
I gave the orders with never a doubt—
And ended up carrying them out.
—M. S.
* * * *
THE GREAT MASTERS ON THE
WORLD CRISIS
Oh to be in England
Now that September’s there,
And whoever wakes in England
Sees, some morning unaware,
(He’s that surprised to be alive!)
—Bobert Rowning
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills
When all at once I saw a crowd—
A host of soldiers on a drill.
—Wordsam Willsworth.
* * * *
Roll on, thou deep and dark blue qcean, roll!
Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;
In 30 years more they’ll be fighting again—
—Bord Lyron
So it’s home again, home again,
America for me
My heart is turning home again
And there I long to be.
—Henry Van Dyke
—M. S.
* * * *
The breeze
In the trees
Makes me sneeze
—Hay fever.
—F. R.
• * * *
He wore his rubbers when it rained.
He slept with his window open every night.
He stuck to a diet with plenty of spinach.
He relinquished his tonsils.
He traded in his worn-out glands.
He never smoked, drank or swore.
He did his daily dozen daily.
He was all set to live to be a hundred.
The funeral will be next Wednesday.
He is survived by eighteen specialists, four
health institutes, six gymnasiums, and
numerous manufacturers of antiseptics.
—The Masonic Monthly
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
SEPTEMBER 18, 1939
Page 3
Class of ’43 Brings
Many Little Sisters
That the “old order changeth” is
nowhere more manifest than on the
Alabama College campus where
every year new students come to
add fresh life to the upperclass-
men student body. However, that
“history repeats itself” is also evi-
dent upon close scrutiny of the new
roll and of the new class.
The class of ’43 brings with it
familiar faces and family traits
that recall memories of upper-
classmen and graduates.
Friends of Mary Pearl Autrey,
“byl,” ’38, cannot fail to think, of
her when they see her sister, Helen
Autrey.
Martha Claire Gates has that
quiet, sweet way about her that
endeared her sisters, Annie Belle
Oates, ’38, chairman of the Pub-
lications board, Jennie Gates
Kierce, ’34, and Endora Gates Fer-
nald, ’29.
That business-like manner is
characteristic of Fran Timmerman
and her sister, Margie Timmerman,
’37, business manager of THE
TECHNALA. No one on the cam-
pus fails to note the resemblance
that Helen christenberry and Sara
Reddoch bear to their upperclass-
men sisters, Sara Christenberry and
Margaret Reddoch.
Carol Jenkins’ vivacity and fresh-
ness identify her as the sister of
Jean Jenkins, ’38, feature editor of
THE ALABAMIAN. Brunette Ada-
lme McClendon reminds many stu-
dents of her sister, Emily McClen-
don, ’37, College Night leader, while
blonde Catherine Sowell is much
like Margaret Sowell, ’38, business
manager for College Night.
Ola Gay Cotney often answers
teachers that she is the sister of
Faye Cotney, ’27, and Pauline Cot-
ney, ’34. Ida Hammond’s sister,
Clarkie Hammond, graduated in
’33, as did Nancy Powers’ two sis-
ters, Mary Powers Dooley and Eliz
Powers. Nancy’s sister, Mabel,
graduated in ’37. Shirley York’s
deep brown eyes remind juniors of
her sister, Yenna, ’41, house presi-
dent of Hanson.
Jeaneite Norris Alsobrook, ’38,
is recalled to friends by Frances
Norris. Founders Day will find the
class of ’36—Nora Holman, Nell
Hines Arant, Eleanor Lewis and
Grace Lignon welcomed by their re-
spective little sisters, Sue Holman,
Olivia Hines, Laura Lewis, and
Alice Lignon.
Mary Lou Gaines, Dorothy Hen-
derson and Alline Sneed will eager-
ly await their alumnae sisters of
the cla* of ’34, Katherine Gaines
Howard, Rosa Henderson, Olga
Sneed McCord.
On College Night it is hoped that
little sisters, Johnnie Carlisle, Nell
Stone, Sara Dobson, will reserve
seats for Irene Carlisle Fincher,
Eliz Stone, and Mary Dobson Wil-
liams of the class of ’37.
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By Sara Harris, Sports Editor
The Athletic association will re-
christen the new rockola in the
Field house at a dance Saturday
night, September 23. The student
body is invited to “swing and
sway with Sammy Kay”—on a rec-
ord — from 8 o’clock until 10:30.
Strictly speaking, only members of
the fairer sex will be allowed to
“trip the light fantastic.” Dates
are not allowed.
The new rockola, which majesti-
cally reposes in the comer of the
Field house, was put there this
summer by the Athletic associa-
tion. So, anybody who’s conquered
the art of dancing and has the de-
sire to “jitter” may use it accord-
ing to the regulations.
Afternoon sports, lasting from
4:30-5:30, will begin soon. The sea-
son will open with volley ball, and
during the year basketball, hockey,
and softball will be played. All
games will be played on the fields
around the Field house.
Everybody is invited to partici-
pate in these games. Besides the
fun obtained it offers an impor-
tant discovery; do away with that
one* two, three—one, two, three,
bending to touch the toes. Come
out for sports and watch that old
waistline diminish.
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Notice, Alumnae!
This is the last copy of THE
ALABAMIAN you will receive
through your membership in
the Alumnae association for
1938-39. Within the next three
weeks you will receive a re-
newal card from the alumnae
secretary. If you wish to send
your dues ($1.50) now, you may
send them to Frances Ribble,
Alumnae Secretary, Montevallo,
Alabama.
Art Department
Plans New Exhibit
Of Water Colors
Alabama artists will be given a
chance to show their work to peoJ
pie in the state at the water color
exhibit here, November 5-19.
Pictures from former exhibits
have been purchased by this depart-
ment which is making a permanent
collection.
Rules for the exhibition have
been announced by Dawn S. Ken-
nedy, head of the art department.
Anyone living in the state of Ala-
bama may exhibit.. The paintings
are to be in water color and un-
framed.
Not more than three paintings
may be sent by one artist. The
paintings are to be mounted on
white mats 22 inches by 28 inches.
Further instructions and rules may
be obtained from Miss Kennedy.
Secretary Visits
Alumnae Chapters
Frances Ribble, alumnae secre-
tary, is making a tour over the state
to visit alumnae chapters and to
organize new alumnae groups.
Miss Ribble, on her visits to the
old groups, hopes to raise money
to equip the student union build-
ing.
Money which is raised by these
chapters will be used to buy fur-
nishings for the new tea room and
other rooms in Reynolds hall, which
is being remodeled into a student
activities building.
The chapters which Miss Ribble
will visit are in Bessemer, Tusca-
loosa, Marion, Greensboro, Selma,
Camden, Greenville, Brewton, An-
dalusia, Opp, Elba, Geneva, Dothan,
Ozark, Wetumpka, Union Springs,
Montgomery, and Clanton.
By Frances Ribble
Alumnae Secretary
Elizabeth Hodges Hill, ’11, brought
her Tfcorld famous husband, Howard
Hill, world’s champion archer, to
the campus at Montevallo to give
an exhibition of his skill before
summer school students. Under his
teaching, she has become quite an
expert with the bow and arrow, too.
They are now living in Hollywood
where Mr. Hill is doing a series of
movie shorts. He doubled for Errol
Flynn and also had a small part
in the movie “Robin Hood.” Mamie
Hill, ’18, accompanied her brother
and sister-in-law on their visit.
Many of! our former exchange
students are continuing with their
studies in the United States and
abroad. Anne Ebrard, ’36, will spend
her second year at Radcliffe work-
ing on her doctor’s degree. Monique
Baillet, ’37, is at Northwestern
working on her doctor’s degree.
Erna Gilde, ’37, is still studying at
the University of Berlin. Suzanne
LaClavere, ’36, is doing legal work
in Paris. Carmen Sierra, ’38, was
married this summer to John H.
Hammond who is teaching Span-
ish at the University of Nebraska.
* * *
Marion Bozenhard, ’35, received
her master’s degree in June from
the University of Wisconsin. Her
thesis, “Rhythms for Children,”
was regarded so highly that it is
now being used as a text at the
university. She is teaching this year
at the State Agricultural college in
Manhatten, Kansas.
Hazel McLendon, ’38, has a new
job as teacher-coordinator for the
distributive education program in
Anniston.
* * *
The Gadsden Alumnae chapter
entertained the students from that
community enrolled at Alabama
College at a sunrise breakfast be-
fore they left for Montevallo. Clem-
mie Jane Heald Ray, ’32, is presi-
dent of the chapter.
* • •
Recent marriages include those
of:
Alice Dickson McKinnon, ex~’40,
to Joseph Douglis Phillips of Sel-
ma on August 16.
Vivian Stanford, ’39, to W. T.
Hallman of Autaugaville, on June 1.
Vivian and her husband attended
summer school at the University
of Texas.
Ruth Housel, ’38, to Lieutenant
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Margaret Sowell, ’38, to John
McKinley of Atmore, June 17.
Florence Bowman, ’38, to Blenna
Hasset Lester in August.
Marie Andrew, ex-’37, to Louis
Whetstone of Fort Deposit, Septem-
ber 3.
Phyllis Plank, ex-’37, to Lee
Robertson of Gadsden in August.
Dorothy Donald, ’37, to James
Austin Hankins, Jr., of Vernon, in
August. Mr. Hankins is health offi-
cer of Lamar county.
Mary Hilda Peters, ’37, to Rob-
ert Arthur Baker of Birmingham,
August 26.
Kitty Steele, ’37, to Robert L.
Greenamyer of Gadsden, June 17.
Sarah Kyser, ’37, to Royal Rich-
ardson Miree of Birmingham,
September 2.
Bertie Gammel, ’36, to Thomas
William Parish of Clayton, August
30.
Helen Hewell, ’36, to David Mc-
Gonigal of Mobile, August 29.
Virginia Arbery, ex-’36, to James
Malcolm Jones of Fayetteville,
Tenn., in July.
Mary Hortense Costen, ex-’31, to
Robin Boteler, Jr.., of Jasper, in
August.
Claudia Schwoon, ’32, to Theo-
dore David Williams of Birming-
ham.
Lauretta Fortner, ’28, to Gwin
Alderman of Evergreen, in August.
* * *
Engagements of interest include
those of:
Sara Florey, ’34, to James Brown
of Nashville, Tenn., in September.
Abby Longshore, ex-’41, to Felix
Cofield, in the fall.
Gloe Cooner, ’35, to Aubrey A.
Clemens of Scottsboro.
Margaret Kersting to Ensign
Andrew c. McDonough, U. S. N.
in the fall.
Willia Hay, ex-’34, to Kendall
Bellamore of New York city.
Helen Burns, ex-’35, to Edward
Burton Crosland of Montgomery,
in October.
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SEPTEMBER 18, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
U.S. Marine Band
(Continued from page 1)
2. The matinee program will include
“Carnival of Venice,” Ambroise
Thomas; “Three Characterist i c
Dances,” Florence Price; “Mando-
linata,” cornetist Edward Master,
soloist, by Herman Bellstedt;
“Rhapsody in Blue,” George Gersh-
win, arranged by Ferde Grofe;
“Prelude to the III Act and Dance
of the Apprentices” from DIE
MEISTERiSINGER, Wagner; Hun-
garian Rhapsody Number 2,” Franz
Lizt; “A MIotar Ride,” Thomas
Bidgood; “Gypsy Airs,” Oliver Zins-
meister, xylophone soloist, by Caesar
Espejo; “Deep Purple,” Morcean de
Genre, Peter De Rose; “Festival,”
Victor Herbert; variations on the
theme, “Pop Goes the Weasel,” by
Lucien Colliet, and “The Star
Spangled Banner.”
The evening concert is made up
of more serious music. It includes
grand scenes from BORIS GOD-
OURNOR, Moussorgsky; “Cake
Walk” from the FOURTH SYM-
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Herman Bellstedt; “Cypress Sil-
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solo by Robert Isele, “Annie Laurie,”
Arthur Pryor; “Secret Marriage,”
Domenice Cimarosa; “Prelude to
the III act,” LOHENGRIN, Wag-
ner; xylophone solo by Charles
Owen, “Ziguenerweisen,” Pablo de
Sarasote; “Mardi Gras” from MIS-
SISSIPPI SUITE, Ferde Grofe;
“Hungarian Rhapsody Number 13,”
Franz Lizt, and “The Star Spangled
Banner.”
Concert Series
J. H. Henning, chairman of the
committee for the artist and lec-
ture series, has announced the
complete series for the remainder
of the 1939-40 season..
Pearl V. Metzelthin, world famous
lecturer, will appear here October
30-31. “Hedda Gobler,” starring
Eva LeGallienne, Earle Larimore,
and a New York cast, will be pre-
sented November 20.
Poldi Mildner, internationally
recognized youthful pianist, will
appear on January 29, 1940. Ar-
gentinita and her Spanish dance
ensemble will give a performance
March 8. Virgil Fox, organist, will
be the next number on the series,
March 28. Nino Martini, principal
tenor of the Metropolitan opera
company, will close the series with
a concert April 26.
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Students who want letters to
leave on the 6 o’clock train
each evening must have their
mail in the postoffice in town
by 4:30 in the afternoon.
Postoffice authorities ask that
this be done so that the mail
can be handled without confu-
sion.
Campus Gossip
(Continued from page 2)
to the high school to look for them.
Miss Kemp has given the name to
Hanson dorm’s third west.
We suggest that Amand Palmer
find out in advance what is on the
other side of the door.
* * *
Why seniors lose weight— .
Instead of getting gray headed
over pactice teaching progressive
education, they almost go out for
track keeping up with the students.
* * *
Advice to the freshmen—
Study when work is assigned to
you — The seniors are three years
behind.
* * +
If you see Mary Belk walking
around with a market basket swing-
ing on her arm, don’t worry about
her. She’s on a search for a dozen
coca-cola bottles which she broke.
* * *
Could Queen Elizabeth’s visit to
America have influenced Welcome
in using an umbrella?
* * *
Why does Amanda Keelyn like
pork so much? could it be PIG?
* « *
The other night we thought there
was a man in the smoker. It was
only freshmen trying out pipes and
cigars. ,
* * *
We wonder what or whose picture,
and what toy it was that little
Hewell was raising so much cain
about the other day. And speak-
ing of Hewell—just ask her why her
nose is peeling at this time of year!
* m *
Absent-minded or what would
YOU call it—Renie Atkinson walks
nonchantly to the dining room,
calmly saunters to the table, very
industriously fixes all 8 glasses of
tea (ice and all) only to discover—
sometime later—it was the wrong
table. Tsh, Renie, you’re slipping.
New Teachers
(Continued from page 1)
of Chicago, where she will work on
her doctor’s degree.
Miss Helen Blackiston was in-
jured recently and has been un-
able to begin her work in the bi -
ology department.
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up after a long absence and up-
sets the youthful lives of the girls.
The daughters put up a very coura-
geous front at this disturbance.
John Garfield rings up another
superior performance in the ro-
mantic lead. Priscilla jilts Jeffrey
Lynn for the attentions of John
and they ride to glory on their
youthful romance.
“Daughters Courageous” has
pathos, humor, laughter, and tears.
It is a wholesome, thrilling panacea
for the heart-sick and world-tatter-
ed; a picture of healthy, family
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VOLUME XVII
Z 7
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, OCTOBER 2, 1939
NUMBER 3
Sykes Chooses
This Year’s
Fairest Girls
Alabama Artist of Note
Visits Campus on Two
Days’ Trip From Studio
“The task of choosing beauties
was difficult, but not due to any
lack of beauty on the campus,” de-
clared Maltby Sykes, Birmingham
artist, who selected twenty beau-
ties for Elite Night, September 27.
Mr. Sykes has painted in both
portrait and mural media in the
east and south. He now maintains
a studio at Mountain Brook Vil-
lage, Birmingham.
From the twenty beauties select-
ed by Mr. Sykes, six will be chosen
by vote of the students at Elite
Night, Friday, November 10. This
is the first time the beauties have
been selected in such a manner.
Those chosen by Mr. Sykes that are
not voted most beautiful will be
named “campus favorites.”
The girls selected by Mr. Sykes
are Mildred Mayo, Margaret Red-
doch, Louise Morisette, Elizabeth
Burson, Martha Ross, Sara Rumb-
ley, Vandalyn Lazenby, Carolyn
Breaux, Mary Diamond, Frances
McCoy, Helen Rockwell, Mary
Frances Akeman, Frances Mims,
EVelyn Moates, Mary Greene Johns,
Ellen Preuit, EVa Love Wyatt,
Marion Hughes, Norma Hermann,
and Katherine Siler.
They were selected from a group
of seventy-five chosen by Mr. Sykes
during his two-day visit to the
campus.
Elect Club Reporters
This year the ALABAMIAN
staff is putting on a drive to
publish a greater variety of
news and to give campus organ-
izations more publicity. In order
to do this with the best results,
the staff urges that all clubs
and as many other organiza-
tions as possible, elect reporters.
These reporters will be respon-
sible for giving all news to Nan-
cy Weems, club editor.
Service Bureau
The Art club is this year in-
stigating a Service bureau for
the benefit of organizations on
the campus. Orders should be
placed with Lily Ware three
days before they are needed.
The Service bureau will do such
as' posters, place cards, signs,
etc., for a reasonable fee.
Freshman Play
Opens Class
Drama Season
The freshman class will present
the first class play of the season
when they give “Fresh Fields,” a
sparkling English comedy by Ivor
Novello, November 4.
Mr. Jack Warfield, director of
the play, has not selected the cast
yet, but he announces that prac-
tices will begin in a short time.
The entire class and stage crew
will come from the freshman class.
“Fresh Fields,’’ a recognized
Broadway success, centers around
the inheritance by two sisters,
Ladies Mary Crabbe and Lillian
Bedworthy, of a mansion in the
kingdom of Belgravia. The sisters
find that ornateness and swank
of the mansion cannot be properly
kept up by the comparatively flat
pocketbooks and are at a loss as
to what to do with their white
elephant of a house.
Lady Mary Crabbe’s husband, in
a trip to Australia, becomes ac-
quainted with the Pidgeons, a
warm-hearted, innkeeping-inclined
family of greater resources than
the Crabbes and Lady Bedworthy.
When the Pidgeons arrive in Bel-
gravia to convert the mansion into
a hotel, social complications arise.
This lively comedy is packed with
wit and quick action.
“This being the first year all
classes will give plays,” Mr. War-
field says. “We would like to start
things off right with a first-rate
freshman play. I think we can do
it if the whole class will get be-
hind it and really work as they
have already begun, in spirit, any-
way.”
Freshman Opinions of College Are Given
After Three Weeks of Living fn Main
By Carolyn Breaux
The freshmen’s opinion of their
college is always news, so I wander-
ed here and there in Main dormi-
tory asking them exactly what
they think of their alma mater.
Here is what some of the fresh-
men replied to the question:
Marice Nelson: I like Montevallo
because all the girls are so friendly.
Babs Ames: It’s a swell place to
hide out, but plenty of fun, too.
Wynette Yates: I’m crazy about
Montevallo!
Margaret Lee: I think Monte-
vallo is wonderful, and so much
better than I thought it would be
Carolyn King: Taking Monte-
vallo as a whole, I like it, but we
could do with a little hot water
and more chocolate ice cream.
Anne Jackson: This is an ideal
place for a homesick girl.
Helen Willoughby: A few men
scattered here and there would
certainly add interest to the scen-
ery.
Mary George Selman: I like this
place because of the friendly peo-
ple, good eats, and because it’s near
Howard.
Katherine Boswell: I like every-
thing, especially the school spirit
and grand food.
Ann Cain: I didn’t used to like
Montevallo, but I think it’s growing
on me.
Sally Bentley: I like the ice cream.
Jane Flurny: The free Saturdays
are heaven!
Virginia Bolin: It’s a heavenly
place—for girls.
Margaret Price: It’s a swell place
to get homesick.
1 Lynn Chitwood: I’m crazy about
it here.
Charlotte Robertson: There aren’t
enough sports or social activities—
otherwise, it’s fine.
Mildred Cosper: Momtevallo’s a
grand place.
Frances Owens: I think Monte-
vallo fun—but we definitely need
boys.
Rose Weaver: The hours are ter-
rible, and we’re worked too hard;
but I sho’ do love Palmer audi-
torium and the ice cream—especial-
ly with caramel sauce.
Eistrid England: I wish the bells
were louder and the radios softer.
Catherine Hamilton: I’m cfrazy
about the people, but how can we
keep clean with such terrific show-
ers?
Rebecca Rice: The girls are won-
derful and the campus is beautiful,
but this walking is getting me!
Eloise Hooper: It’s a swell place!
Sue Tucker: The meals are swell,
but we need less noise (that in-
cludes me).
Mary Frances Akeman: The
teachers are swell, but give us morn
freedom.
Evelyn Hope: I think it would
be better with a bunch of boys and
fewer rules, but it’s a “swellagant”
place as it is.
Adelaide Lindell: It would be
wonderful if I weren’t so homesick.
Jacqueline Brewer: Montevallo is
the best school in Alabama; don’t
let anyone ever tell you it isn’t.
Helen Christenberry: Oh! I’m
crazy about it, and couldn’t be any
better satisfied.
Lilias Heblon: All these steps are
killing me, but it’s a great cause
I’m dying for.
Seniors will wear their caps and gowns for the first time, as
indication of their seniority on Founder’s Day, which will be
celebrated, Wednesday, October 12. The annual program will be
given in Palmer hall at eleven o’clock.
United States Marine Band Appears
In Two Concerts At College Today
The United States Marine band,
the rhythm of which has symbolized
the heartbeats of a patriotic popu-
lace and has reflected the deep
love of country possessed by all
Americans, will appear here today
playing two skillfully compiled
programs under the direction of
William F. Santelmann.
A thrill ripples through the na-
tion each time this band—the Presi-
dent’s own—sets out on a concert
tour. With live, red-blooded, up-to-
the-minute music the band opens
up new vistas of the musical world
to its listeners in spite of its one
hundred forty-one years, Its cres-
cendos have voiced the nation’s re-
joicings; its muted strains have
spoken the nation’s grief.
William F. Santelmann, second
conductor, will take Captain Tay-
lor Branson’s place on the podium
because of Captain Branson’s ill-
ness. Santelmann, although the
newest star in the great gallery of
Faculty Members
Attain New Honors
In Women’s Field
Eighteen women members of the
faculty were included in the 1939-
40 STANDARD BIOGRAPHICAL
DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN
WOMEN, because of services they
have rendered to the community
and school.
The faculty members chosen
were Dr. Lois Ackerley, head of the
home economics department; Miss
Elizabeth W. Allen, assistant pro-
fessor of sociology; Virginia W.
Barnes, instructor or art at the
high school; Miss Mary Rose Bla-
zek, associate professor of home
economics; Miss Myrtle Brooke,
head of the sociology department;
Miss Lelah Brownfield, head of
secretarial department.
Dr. Leah Dennis, associate pro-
fessor of English ;Miss Josephine
F. Eddy, associate professor of home
economics; Dr. Hallie Farmer, head
of history department; Miss Ellen
Haven Gould, head of speech de-
partment; Miss Dawn S. Kennedy,
head of the art department; Dr.
Lorraine Pierson, head of the for-
eign languages department.
Miss Edythe E. Saylor, associate
professor of physical education; Dr.
Minnie L. Steckel, professor of psy-
chology; Miss Nellie M. Touchstone,
assistant professor of home econ-
omics; Dr. Katherine Vickery, head
of psychology department; Miss
Lillian E. Worley, assistant profes-
sor of history.
names connected with the band, be-
longs to it almost by tradition. He
is the son of W. H. Santelmann,
for thirty years distinguished di-
rector of the band. Young San-
telmann has led the band on many
important occasions. He was in
charge during the recent visit of
the King and Queen of England
in Washington and was praised by
the King for his performance of
“God Save the King.”
Band Presents Wide Variety
Depth, warmth, and unforced
beauty will mark the tone of the
band when it presents the two
faultlessly balanced programs to-
day. The programs will be wide in
appeal and include standard sym-
phonic works especially arranged
for concert, band novelties, and
stirring marches. To add spice there
will be solos played by recognized
artists on each program.
“Carnival of Venice,” an over-
ture by Ambroise Thomas, will
open the matinee program. This
overture opens with a series of
variations on the old Italian folk-
song from which the opera takes
its name. Thomas, a brilliant
Frenchman, has won a high place
among dramatic composers through
his purity and individuality of style.
The next composition will be
“Three Characteristic Dances” by
Florence Price, a native of Arkan-
sas. The three dances, Rabbit Foot,
Hoe Cake, and Ticklin’ Toes, are
Negro favorites. Mrs. Price says of
this piece, “In all types of Negro
music, rhythm is of preeminent
importance. All phases of truly
Negro activity — whether work or
play, singing or praying—are more
apt to take on a rhythmic quality.
In these little dances I have at-
tempted to portray impressions of
the happy Negro child! at play.”
Edward Masters, Cornet Soloist
Edward L. Masters, cornet solo-
ist, will be starred in “Mandolinata”
by Herman Bellstedt. This brilliant
cornet solo is characteristic of Bell-
stedt’s compositions which are mu-
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Calendar
October 2—United States Marine
Band
October 9-11—Baptist Teac hers
Union study course.
October 10—Shelby - Bibb county
play day.
October 12—Founder’s Day.
October 21—Condition exams.
October 27-28—Intramural de-
bates.
Founder’s Day
Will Follow
First Program
Dr Harman and Other
Members of Faculty
To Appear In Features
Founder’s Day will be celebrated
on the campus, October 12, with
the program of the first Founder’s
Day, which occurred October 12,
1896, announces Miss Eloise Mer-
oney, chairman of the alumnae-
faculty committee in charge.
The main program will be pre-
sented in Palmer hall at 11:00. The
organ processional and recessional
will be played by Mr. H. D. Le-
Baron, professor of music. Seniors
will wear their caps and gowns for
the first time in acceptance of their
college role.
“All Hail the Power of Jesus’
Name,” the coronation hymn, will
be the introductory hymn as it was
on Founder’s Day forty-three years
ago, on the ground floor of Rey-
nolds hall. Liszt’s “Hungarian
Rhapsody” Number 12 will be play-
ed this year by Miecislaw Ziolkow-
ski, professor of piano.
HOMECOMING POSTPONED
Homecoming for alumnae of
Alabama college has been post-
poned this year from Founder’s
Day as has been the custom, to
College Night.
Alumnae and friends, how-
ever, are all cordially invited to
attend the celebration of Foun-
der’s Day, October 12.
Dr. A. F. Harman, president of
the college, will preside and intro-
duce the speaker, who has not been
selected yet.
Decoration plans have not been
announced. In 1896, due to the
scarcity of flowers', an unusual
decoration scheme featuring un-
threshed oats was used. This plan
was used in honor of William C.
Oates, who was governor of Ala-
bama.
This is the first in ten years in
which Founder’s Day has been ob-
served on the actual date of the
founding of the college. Formerly,
it took place on the Saturday near-
est the twelfth of October.
President Announces
1939-40 Hall Chairmen
House presidents for the dormi-
tories have been announced by
Celia Methvin, president of student
government.
The three presidents in Main dor-
mitory are Vera Parkman, Hilda
Stevens, and Rixine Moorer. Yen-
na York will have charge of acti-
vities in Hanson hall, and Eva Love
Wyatt is house president of Ram-
say hall.
Hall chairmen of the three dor-
mitories are: West Main, Dorothy
Dowling, Lucia Warren, Joan
Franklin; Central Main, Hilda
Kelly, Lucille Argo; Hanson, Gladys
Fuller, Mary Sue Edwards; Ramsay,
Maoma Moore, Mary Diamond.
Home Economics Staff
Is Enlarged This Year
Two new members have been
added to the staff of the home
economics department for the 1939-
40 term.
Miss Thelma Graves will be in-
structor of home economics this
year. Miss Graves formerly taught
in the Auburn high school where
she supervised student teachers.
Miss Elnora Gammage, 1935 grad-
uate, has been made associate
state supervisor of home economics.
She has been teaching at the De
Kalb county high school in Fort
Payne.
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OCTOBER 2, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
EDITORIALS
Personal Appearance
Counts
It was nothing so dramatic as a war, or a new
hair-do, or a new-style dress—just a man passing
out “impertinent” cards reading “Hi, Beautiful,”
revolutionized the campus last week, and for two
days we dared even the rain to keep us from look-
ing our best.
We should thank Mr. Maltby Sykes, artist from
Birmingham, and the TECHNALA staff for pro-
viding those two days in which practically every-
one “took stock” of herself and made at least
one definite improvement in her personal appear-
ance. Even those of us who did not expect or even
hope to be chosen as a beauty for Elite Night
stood before our mirrors just a little longer in
the morning.
But nowl those two days are over and we notice
some people dropping back into that slouchy,
“don’t care” appearance. It’s to you that we sug-
gest that every day you are not well groomed you
may be “left out” of something you had particular-
ly wished for. And not every time is that “some-
thing” represented by a person as easily dis-
tinguishable as a “man on the campus.”
Contribute to the "Tower"
“The tower,” agree alumnae, upperclassmen,
and freshmen, “is to us one of the remaining tradi-
tions most representative of Alabama college. Far
out on the highway, it’s the first and last thing
we see, and, what we remember as we go to and
from the campus.”
The literary magazine, should be no less repre-
sentative of student thought and interests. And
its success as such a magazine depends entirely
on the variety of contributions received for pub-
lication.
“Realizing that comparatively few can write the
‘belles lettres’ type of thing successfully,” explains
Madie Belle Ward, editor of the TOWEIR, “we
have chosen to accept not only contributions con-
fining to these standards, butito adapt ourselves
to present interests and capacities. The TOWER
is planning to capitalize on departmental inter-
ests, believing that there is something definite
each department can contribute to a representa-
tive magazine in the nature of essays or discus-
sions based on contemporary reading or of a
controversial nature.”
Boiling it all down, all the TOWER staff asks
is a “chance to show that we can serve campus
interests—and your cooperation.”
Letter to the Editor
“Prills and furbelous!” Who doesn’t hear that
many times in this modern age?
So many of the older heads have screeched and
screamed, “Down with frills and furbelous of edu-
cation, and let’s get down to the fundamentals.”
We members of the education class have noted
that the so-called “frills and furbelous” of today’s
education are the fundamentals.
Did you ever hear of the Greeks studying the
three R’s or having strict classroom discipline?
Sculpture, painting, javelin throwing, poetry, mu-
sic. dancing, and oratory were the fundamentals
of their education—and it was they who laid the
foundation for our fields of learning.
When the “old fogies” realize this, we wonder
what they will think up next. Will they still want
the fundamentals, or some of the “new fangled
discipline?” — Member of Education 310 Class.
Campus
Gossip
By 3 Snoops
Hi, chillun. . . . This is your
campus snoop just about on his (?)
last leg. . . . Due to the recent
beauty contest, no doubt. ... I
mean I was there in a big way, and
who ever heard of having a beauty
contest on the campus and omitting
such beauties as Becky Beeland,
Annie Boyd Parker, Virginia Boy-
kin, and Helen Hope Balch. . . .
Not to mention quite a few others.
But the pre-contest days were
the best yet. ... Ye artist was
calmly surveying Hanson lobby the
first day of his visit to our campus
when his eyes fell upon Carolyn
Raborn sitting in the corner, and
he gave her a ticket to appear at
the finals. Well, friend Canon made
the remark, “So that was why you
combed your hair, Raborn?” Was
Canon’s face red when Carolyn
slapped it in the seconds following
that remark? . . . Well, all your
snoop friend wants to say is, Baby,
it’s a good thing “Bubber” brought
Canon up to be a lady.
To continue about the pre-con-
test days. . . . Margaret Reed was
in the smoker, and she finally de-
cided 'that the only way to make
the man notice her was to bump
into him and then ask, “Oh, were
you looking for me?” Did you try
it, Margaret?. . . . We didn’t see
you at the finals Wednesday night.
. . . And what about the girl who
had just gotten a ticket to appear,
so she stood up to thank the man.
When he took one look at her he
promptly said, “Un-uh!”. . . . And
why does Hewell wear her glasses
all the time except around the
man?. . . Well, it’s just a good
thing we don’t have but one con-
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members, alumnae, and friends.
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief, Frances Scarbrough; Managing Editor, Lois Anne Smith; Business
Manager, Mary Jo Raney; Feature Editor, Mary Sterne; Copy Editor, Martha McRae;
Speech Editor, Jeanne Appleton; Sports Editor, Sara Harris; Club Editor, Nancy
Weems; Society Editor, Frances Roberts; Advertising Managers, Ollis Mills, Amanda
Keelyn, Margaret Cook; Circulation Managers, Charlotte Meinwald, Lois Maples;
Typist, Forrest Branscombe.
REPORTERS
Evelyn Weldon, Mary Rogers, Carolyn Jenkins, Peggy Kirk, Margaret Ritter, Margaret
Lee, Imogene Harris, Mary Grace Orr, Nancy Powers, Sara Reddoch, Imogene Foshee,
Annie Ruth Beasley, Mary Carolyn Norris, Mary Ellen Wallace, Mary Beth Wilbanks,
Gwendolyn Tittle, Annie Lee Jones, Frances Padgett, Sammie Darrough.
test a year. . . All this excitement
sorta wears one out, doesn’t it?
* * *
To continue our campus stroll, we
want to commend Mary Belk on
her tact in genetics class. She calm-
ly informs her teacher that she is
wrong about the whole thing. . . .
Now this is the best yet on the
fieshmen. . . . Miss Touchstone has
a class in freshman home econom-
ics, and she was assigning the les-
son. The author of the particular
text book being used was Matthew.
Miss Touchstone told the students
to read the first chapter in Mat-
thew and they would find out some-
thing about textiles. The next day
they returned to class and one
freshman told Miss Touchstone that
she had even read the whole book
of Matthew and she couldn’t find
a single thing about textiles. This
astonished Miss Touchstone, so that
she lost her poise for a few minutes
—on questioning the freshman, she
found that the girl had read the
Gospel according to Matthew from
the Bible. . . .
* * *
And since we are on the fresh-
men, we’ll stick there for awhile.
Why is it that Ruth Ash cries every
day? She explains that every time
she doesn’t get a letter she cries. . .
Maybe Cecil has deserted her.
When we were in the tearoom this
morning I honestly thought that
“Hi-Oh, Silver” was in town.....
This girl was sporting a cowboy
rodeo hat. Maybe she thinks it’s dif-
ferent.
* * *
What’s all this about friend Mary
Ravenscroft? In line with dumb
things, maybe we’d better head this
“unconsciousness.” Mary came up
from the Field house the other
morning on her way to the high
school. She went down and taught
for two hours and came back to
the campus, remarking to someone
that she had to go to her room and
change her hose and put on some
sox. . . We imagine that she was
sorta surprised to find that she had
unconsciously worn sox down to
teach in. Tie a string around your
finger next time.
* * »
That Adelaide Lindell is one more
gal. . . The rumor goes that she
had a date with a boy from Mobile
Saturday night. . . Meanwhile, the
fraternity pins (pins, mind you)
she has were floating around on
her girl friends.
* * *
Something that we would like
some light on it Tittle. . . with the
camera. . . . Just how did she man-
age to get her nickname?
From all we can hear, the fresh-
men’s minds (or morales) are be-
ing polluted with a special rendi-
tion of “Alice Blue Gown” and
“Preacher,”. . . . Maybe you aren’t
living up to your name so well.
« * *
If someone were to ask you if
you heard the latest war news,
what would you say? From observa-
tion, it might be safe to answer:
“Andrews advanced on Warsaw.”
* * *
Back to some more freshmen. . .
Maybe they are just fresh in name
only, but. . . . why it is that Caro-
(Continued on page 3)
Change and Exchange
FACULTATES
Thespian Warfield—Trummie’s right-hand man
walks around in overalls as picturesque as he can.
Colonel Southard—Journalist with capital J—al-
ways something encouraging to say.
* # * *
He could not tell
By the smell
What the man
Put in the can,
If kerosene
Or gasoline,
So made a scratch
With a match
And applied
Inside! ! !
The doctor knew
Which of the two!
—De Paula
* * * *
Old Lady (to lecturer)—“I suppose London is
the foggiest place in the world.”
“Oh, no, I was in a much foggier place than
that.”
“Really, where was that?”
“It was too foggy, I could not tell.”
—Rammer Jammer
* * * ♦
THERE ARE ALWAYS TWO KINDS
In a fraternity: Those who eat fast and those
who go hungry.
In a sorority: Girls who have dates and girls who
like orchids.
In class: Those who talk to the professor at the
end of the class and those who get “C” or less.
At a dance: Those who dance and those who in-
termission.
In an activity: Those who work and those who
get the credit. _De Paula
* * * *
Bug-house, noun; science building (Smith).
Dope-shop, noun; college store (Duke).
Ferdinand, to, verb intransitive; throw the
bull (U. of W. Va.).
H. C. H., noun; high class heel (Mt. Holyoke).
Happy fun, interj.;gay gay (Wellesley).
Junior lunch, noun; mid-morning snack (Mt.
Holyoke).
—Mademoiselle
* * * *
ADVICE TO LOVELORN:
Don’t do any one-arm driving ’cause you can’t
keep your mind on your brakes when you’ve got
your mind on your clutch.
—Tiny Tim
* * * *
The climax was nearing. I knew what was com-
ing, but I did not have the power to stop him. I
was putty in his hands. Should I accede to his de-
sires?. ... I listened to his passionate appeal and
felt weak. I was but a woman, alone and with no
one to keep me company.What should I say? I
tried to get a grip on myself. How could I say no
to him—the poor, sweet boy. Suppose I did do as
he wished—who would know? Harry was away.
Nevertheless, I felt weak.
“All right, boy,” I almost whispered, “I’ll sub-
scribe for one year.”
—Alabama Rammer Jammer
* * * *
LOVE IS SO SAD
“If you refuse me,” he swore, “I shall die.”
She refused him.
Sixty years later he died. —Journal
* * * *
TO MY PILLOW
The only consolation I have had for the past
two weeks was that I could go home at night and
ease my racked brain by telling it all to the
feathers in my precious pillow. No high school girl
will ever appreciate her pillow until she enters
college, and then it’s all she really has. No roomie
could understand your problems for she has prob-
lems of her own. My soft, little pillow is the best
find yet—so soft, so comforting, understanding,
and to top it all, it never makes sarcastic wise-
cracks—no back talk. It’s a wonderful thing to
have a pillow. It catches your evidences of home-
sickness and never tells. It is something to cling
to in moments of wishing you were on a desert
island where there is no noise, no steps to climb,
no nothing—just peace, quiet and no confusion.
We’ll see this thing through
No matter how hard it be
We’ll fight to the finish
Just my pillow and me.
—Margie Chaprpan, ’43
STUDENTS !
For one moment—just after you read this—won’t
you forget your Saturday night date, the European
chaos, tomorrow’s long assignments, or whatever
thought keeps running through your mind? Think
for just a moment of the clothes you have in your
closet that you will never wear because they are
too shabby; then think of the needy of Shelby
county. The vivid contrast will be much more
eloquent than any wordy plea.
If you can and will respond to the need, there
are boxes in convenient places and sociology maj-
ors standing ready to receive your contribution.
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
OCTOBER 2, 1939
Page 3
Thomas Wolfe Flings Another Roaring
Novel Into Midst of American Writings
THE WEB AND THE ROCK, by
Thomas Wolfe. New York, Harper
and Brothers; $3.00.
Of the wonderful and terrible
city that is New York Mr. Wolfe
wrote, “It is the most homeless
borne in all the world. It is the
gigantic tenement of Here Comes
Everybody. It is strange, cruel, ten-
der, beautiful. He who owns the
swarming rock is not he who died
on Wednesday—for he, alas, is al-
ready forgotten—but he who came
to town last night. . . . And herein
lies the magic and the mystery and
the wonder of the immortal city.
It offers all, and yet it offers noth-
ing. It gives to every man a home,
and it is the great No Home of the
earth. It invites all human drops
of water to the grand oblivion of
its ceaseless tides, and yet it gives
to every mother’s son the promise
of the sea.”
It is this New York, to which his
young hero comes looking for he
knows not what, that is Wolfe’s
major interest in this novel. With
its successor, now in the publisher’s
hands, the book represents the last
of Wolfe’s work. By it and its sec-
ond part, as well as by his writing
of the last decade, Thomas Wolfe
will eventually be judged.
The first question then is wheth-
er THE WEB AND THE ROCK
represents an advance, anything
new, perhaps any development in
the talent of the man who was
certainly one of the important hali
dozen among contemporary Ameri-
can writers.
The easy thing to say is that
the book merely follows the con-
ventional Wolfe pattern; that it is
LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL, or
OP TIME AND THE RIVER all
over again. There is enough plausi-
bility to that argument to let it
by, too. Wolfes latest protagonist,
his newest young-man-against-the-
world, is like enough to Eugene
Gant, for example, to lend color to
the suggestion that Wolfe had only
one young man to write about—
the young man who was himself.
It is true, too, that what Wolfe has
to say about George Webber, his
youthful conditioning in his North
Faculty Addresses
To Aid Students
Much confusion has been caused
by students trying to locate new
faculty and staff members in town.
In order to remedy this, THE ALA-
BAMIAN is publishing a list of ad-
dresses of new faculty members.
Miss Frances Baxter, assistant
secretary of home economics de-
partment, is residing with Mrs. E. S.
Lyman.
Dr. Zoe C. Black, instructor in
biology, is living at 305 Nabors St.,
Apartment 4.
Miss Margaret Florey, new mem-
ber of the speech department, may
be located at the LeBarons’ new
home.
Mr. Jack Warfield, assistant dra-
matics instructor, will be at Dr.
Reid’s, 706 Middle street.
' The address of Mr. Shelby South-
ard, executive secretary, is 406
Highland street.
Cary v. Stabler, instructor in
history, is residing in Mr. C. G.
Dobbins’ formeif residence, 505 Vine
street.
Miss Annie Louise Pruitt, who
has come to the campus to take the
place of Mrs. Isobel Bruce, will be
at Chamberlain apartments, 208
Moody street.
Miss Mildred Hart, librarian, is at,
the Peterson residence on Middle
street.
Freshmen Elect Officers
For Class Activities
I
Four members of the freshman
class were elected, Thursday, Sep-
tember 28, to serve as the govern-
ing committee for this semester.
These students will be in charge of
freshman class activities for this
semester.
Regular officers will be chosen
next semester. Committee members
are Lois Blake, chairman; Jean Es-
py, Shirley York, and Nancy Powers.
The first college gymnasium in
the United States was erected in
1860 at Amherst college.
Carolina) town, his endeavor to dis-
cover himself, to make his young
manhood count against the terrors
of the great city, does not add a
great deal to what he has said be-
fore on much the same theme. All
this is so, just as many another
stricture in respect to Wolfe is still
valid. He always had trouble in
combing out his prose; he is impa-
tient here as ever with small nice-
ties of construction and detail. He
is, so to say, precisely as Wolfian
as he was with his first page of
writing.
But—well, you can say all these
things, and be right about them,
too, yet they simply don’t matter.
Because the powerful driving force
that was Thomas Wolfe makes them
all of no account. Wolfe’s ability
to brew that particular, heady,
emotional mixture of prose and
poetry in which he excels is the
only thing that makes any differ-
ence. You are swept up into and
along with it so strongly that
nothing else comes into your mind.
This time the chief interest of
the book —• after George Webber’s
youthful impressions are made clear
and the city’s impact on him is
dhown—lies in his love affair with
a woman older than himself. The
vvoman, as you can’t help seeing, is
woman-plus-city. In George’s emo-
tional reactions the two are inex-
tricably mingled, part and parcel of
each other. She is also all women;
that is to say, in Wolfe’s mind she
seems to have been that. Unfotun-
ately, Wolfe does not appear to have
thought this phase of the book
quite through, with the result that
the section of the story dealing
with this affair is confused, less
convincing than most of his writing.
As a matter of fact, the reader
can’t be altogether sure that Wolfe
himself has felt this part as he felt
the rest of it.
Nevertheless, it is not so much
significance that Wolfe is less good
here than he is there. What is im-
portant is his unique ability to write
his own kind of rush, overwhelming,
passionate prose. Call it a species of
psychological gigantism if you like,
it is still true that his genius for
flooding his readers with swirling,
roaring page after page, for
wrenching the reader from his emo-
tional and intellectual moorings
completely—that geius is sufficient
reason for reading every word of
Wolfe.
The speculation as to what he
might have done if he had lived is
getting a little tiresome. What re-
mains is the inescapable truth that
Wolfe, controlled artist or no, is
yet as significant an artist as the
period has produced. Perhaps THE
WEB AND THE ROOK is just an-
other novel about a young man and
his conflicts with life. But it’s writ-
ten as no other novel on the theme
has ever been written, and no one
who is interested in the develop-
ment of American fiction can af-
ford to leave it unread.
Fellow Students
Eye Your Fashions
“Same place, same time next
week.” These aren’t the words of
a radio announcer, but those of the
senior home economics students
who are majoring in retailing. Ini-
tiated on Sunday, September 24,
was a fashion survey which these
students are conducting.
Each Sunday afternoon they sit
out in front of Main and “watch
the styles go by.” How many bol-
eros? How many pairs of alligator
skin shoes? How many pill-box
hats? How many bustles? These
are only a few of the questions
which the girls check.
Not every one of the eight hund-
red Alabama college students are
thus surveyed. Only the first hund-
red who pass are eyed from tip to
toe.
About the middle of November
these girls will go to Atlanta to
carry on their course by working
in department stores. Here, again,
they will conduct a survey of the
most popular styles and will com-
pare Atlanta’s selection with those
of Montevallo. One of these stu-
dents remarked, “It certainly makes
you notice everything and every-
body.”
Talladega college has adopted a
program whereby all members of
the student body, staff and faculty
participate in making and execut-
ing the controlling policies of the
institution.
Campus Clubs Meet
To Plan Programs
Of New Interests
Departmental clubs and organ-
izations are holding their first
meetings and beginning plans for
the year’s program.
With a nearly record-breaking
attendance, the freshman home
economics club met Monday night,
September 18, to elect officers1 for
the year. Evelyn Moats, president
of the club last year, presided.
The newly-elected officers are
Mary Frances Adams, president;
Hilda Gissendanner, vice-president;
Martha Ward, secretary; Johnnie
Carlisle, treasurer; Willie Mae Col-
lum, social chairman; Elizabeth
Eimfinger, program chairman; and
Fauvette Taylor, publicity chair-
man.
Miss Heap, the club adviser, and
seventy-eight members were present.
Art Club
The Art club entertained its new
members with a weiner roast Mon-
day, September 25, at Miss Dawn
S. Kennedy’s home.
Mary Sue Edwards welcomed the
new members, and they were in-
troduced to the .members of the art
faculty, including Miss Dawn S.
Kennedy, Miss Martha Allen, Miss
Margaret Cuninggim, and Mrs.
Kennedy.
Secretarial Club
The new project of the year will
be the subject of her talk when
Miss Lelah Brownfield speaks at
the first meeting of the Secretarial
club to be held October 5.
At the meeting of the club,
which is one of the largest on the
campus, the freshmen will be given
an opportunity to meet the faculty
of the secretarial department and
the officers of the club who are
Martha Wood, president; Mary
Crosthwaite, vice-president; Jane
Pitman, secretary; and Mary Fran-
ces Miller, treasurer.
Throughout the year skits will be
given which will prove to be in-
structive as well as entertaining.
The club is open to all students
majoring in secretarial science.
Freshmen are cordially invited to
attend.
Y. W. C. A.
Y. W. C. A. cabinet members
sponsored a retreat at the college
camp house, Saturday night, Sep-
tember 23, to plan their work for
this year. The visitors from Bir-
mingham - Southern were Mary
Margaret Price, Doris Turnipseed,
Marion Murphy. Alva Wade, and
Mary Eleanor Bell.
The cabinet plans for the senior
Seminar to have guest speakers
from Birmingham or Montgomery.
This year vespers will be in the
form of worship services showing
the connection between religion and
the fine arts, such as painting, mu-
sic, architecture, and sculpture.
Also the freshmen plan to organize
a service bureau, members doing
what they are interested in such as
typing, mimeographing, and poster
making.
The recent European situation
will later be discussed under the
leadership of Dr. Hallie Farmer,
Dr. Gordon McCloskey, and Dr. I. T.
Sanders.
New War Disrupts Plans
Of Education Groups
War—the great destroyer of prog-
gress and routine living in college
as well as out—is again disrupting
the lives and plans of countless
U. S. senators and educational or-
ganizations.
Although the nation is not direct-
ly engaged in the second great
European conflit, here is a quick
survey of how the war is effecting
higher education today:
Rhodes scholarships have been
suspended for this school year. The
1939 scholars-elect will remain in
this country, and those already in
England have been asked to return
to the United States as soon as
passage can be arranged. But scho-
larships now in force are not can-
celled. They are only suspended un-
til circumstances make it possible
for them to be resumed.
In addition to the Rhodes schol-
arships, all foreign student ex-
changes between this country and
Europe have been cancelled. More
than 300 students are affected by
this war-time measure. In addition
to this, some 7,500 students who
each year study abroad at their
(Continued on page 4)
Gossip
(Continued from page 2)
lyn Nutt has fits when she hears
“Have Mercy?” just what does Por-
tia Weldon see so fascinating in
the Goat family?, . . Maybe it’s the
pipe, but all the girls in Main fell
for Mary Jo Selman’s Robert when
he appeared on the campus.....
We advise to get rid of the> pipe or
buy you a pair of handcuffs, Mary
Jo. These gals are vicious about
men like that. . . . We’ve heard a
lot about being in love and about
being so thrilled, etc., when you’re
in that state. . . . Maybe that’s why
Frances LaGrone can’t eat when
she hears from her Frankie. Look
out, Frances, maybe he’s just like
the “Frankie and Johnnie” theme.
* * *
Now back to a few seniors before
we go in hiding for two weeks.
Amand Palmer and Kate Corcoran
seen to be having a little trouble
with their practice teaching.....
Maybe it would pay to get “Pro-
gressive Education illness,” also.
Don’t fret, girls, especially Amand.
Maybe you can find that nice
woody spot to take your children.
. . . just so you read up on the
righ subject.
* * *
Your eminent editor is also an
authority on electricity. ... Not
even experience is enough for that
girl, she has: to be shown twice.
Not satisfied with being shoked
once, she sticks a pin to the radio
to make sure. You might get knock-
ed out the window that way, Tibby.
* * *
Which all reminds me. . . being
knocked out, I mean. . . . The oth-
er day we learned that Lois Shef-
field had quite a sentimental side
to her. We knew that you were the
“motherly” type, Lois, but we didn’t
know that you read poetry so beau-
tifully. . . . Maybe it was the senti-
ment attached to the class of 1939
that inspired it. . . . or maybe 1941
. . . . probably both. And while we
are on Losita, we might as well
take up her roommate, too. Why
is it that Donahoo would like to be
just 16 years old and start to
school all over again?. . . . Just
what would you do differently,
Donahoo?
* * *
We hear that Naomi has lost her
interest in school now. . . Could it
be that her interest isn’t in school
any more? And why is it that
Willie has given up peas and taken
up prunes?
* * *
It’s a good thing that Phenie
Baldwin ha£ had her tonsils remov-
ed—for after attending bacteriology
class with Phenie, we wonder what
she would have done if Dr. Sharp
had asked for a larger contribution
from the class. Aske Phenie—we’d
rather she’d tell you all about it.
* * *
These faculty members who see
everything, and tell all—especially
to the practice teachers. Take it
from one who knows—zippers would
save many an embarrassing mo-
ment.
* * *
Family difference will show up.
Margaret Reddoch’s little sister was
trying out for one of Trummie’s
sessions, and it was her turn to
“perform.” She strolled on the
stage and got all set to do a sec-
ond Garbo when Trummie told her
to be an angry woman. Imagine
cur surprise when Reddoch opened
up with a tiger-rag yell: “Margaret
Reddoch, take off my sox!” Never
mind, girls—we can get them for
ten cents a pair now.
* * *
Your campus snoops thought
only freshmen were hoggish. Some
seniors had better take lessons
from them. They couldn’t wait, so
they went to the tearoom a half-
hour early. And you’re so little,
Ingram—we’re surprised at you to
say the least.
* * *
Just what is it that Weaver has
that the rest of us gals don’t have?
Don’t let out the secret, Weaver—
a little competition might not be
so desirable.
* * *
Was Croley’s face red this sum-
mer at Auburn when she almost—
but not quite — forgot that she
Vogue Offers Seniors
Opportunity For Career
The fifth Prix de Paris, Vogue’s
annual career contest for seniors in
accredited colleges throughout the
country, has been announced by
Edna Woolman Chase, editor of
Vogue magazine.
“Our purpose in sponsoring the
Prix de Paris contest,” said Mrs.
Chase, “is to discover college girls
with the ability to write and a flair
for fashion—and to open the door
to these young women who want
a career of feature writing, fash-
ion reporting, advertising, or mer-
chandising.”
This year, Vogue’s Prix de Paris
contest offers eight awards. First
prize is one year’s employment with
Vogue—six months to be spent in
Vogue’s New York office, six months
in Paris, if world conditions per-
mit; otherwise, the full period of
one year will be spent in New York.
Second prize is six month’s employ-
ment on the New York staff. Third
prize is a special Vanity Fair award
of six months as a feature writer
on Vogue’s New York staff. In addi-
tion, Vogue will purchase five of the
best theses submitted. Honorable
mentions will be awarded to other
outstanding contestants, and win-
ners of these awards will be put in
touch with firms throughout the
country who are interested in the
contestants. Of the fifty leading
four previous contests, thirty are
today following fashion careers, ac-
cording to Mrs. Chase.
Leading Educators
Attend Institute
Chicago, 111.—(ACP) — Neither
swindling enrollments nor lack of
public support face the colleges and
universities of the country in the
immediate future, in the judgment
of leading educators who partici-
pated in the fourteenth annual In-
stitute for Administrative Officers
of Higher Institutions at the Uni-
versity of Chicago.
Summarizing the conclusions of
the educational authorities on the
program, Dr. John Dale Russell, di-
rector of the Institute, said the
expert opinion indicated these de-
velopments:
A shift toward the 6-4-4 system
of educational organization, provid-
ing six years of elementary school,
four years of junior high school,
and four years of “college” combin-
ing the last two years of the pres-
(Continued on page 4)
wasn’t at ye old female institute
and wanted to remove her shirt
among a group of friends.
Why is it that Martha Thompson
always misses the bus in Montgom-
ery on her way to and from school?
* * *
Maybe I’d better change and be
a little sweeter, if that’s possible.
. . . . But you know it’s the truth
that hurts. Now I’m reminded of
one more thing before I sign off.
Sometimes spiders get caught in
their own webs. , . . Applying that
maxim here, there’s one person
around Ramsay that’s gonna get
caught in her own sweetness one of
these days. . . It’s so drippy sweet
that it sticks (my pen almost got
caught on that word).
* * *
Goodnite, ehillun. . . . this is
your old campus snoop signing off.
Just be a little more careful or
you’ll get caught in my snooping
around. ... I could make a crack
about that one, but time’s a-wasting
and I’m sleepy.
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OCTOBER 2, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
“The President’s Own,” the United States Marine band, will present two faultlessly balanced programs
here today, under the direction of William F. Santelmann, second conductor. Both the matinee and even-
ing performancesi will include standard symphonic works, especially arranged novelties, and stirring
marches. (Story on page 1).
Miss Caldwell Describes German People
As Gracious, Economical, Music-Lovers
♦
Entrants,Announced
For First Debate
Of Pi Kappa Delta
First Intramural Debate
Series In School History
Scheduled For October 27-28
Thei first intramural debate tour-
nament in the history of the school
will be sponsored by Pi Kappa
Delta, October 27-28. The question
will be resolved that: Graduation
from Alabama college should be de-
pendent upon a passing grade ina
comprehensive examination taken
at the end of the senior year.”
The first two rounds will be held
Friday night, October 27. The sec-
ond set of rounds will be held
Saturday at 2:00. Immediately af-
ter the afternoon rounds, a trophy,
selected by Pi Kappa Delta, will
be presented to the winning team
in a general convocation in Palmer
auditorium. Time limit for speeches
will be six minutes, and for the re-
buttal three minutes. This is strict-
ly an amateur contest.
Judges
Judges will be chosen from mem-
bers of the faculty. Chairmen for
arrangements and timekeepers will
be selected from members of Pi
Kappa Delta, a group of speech
majors and minors.
Mary Diamond, president of Pi
Kappa Delta, has appointed the
following chairmen for planning
the meet: Annie Mae Paulk, co-
ordinating committee; Sara Peck
Weaver, chairman of chairmen;
Christine Griffin, timekeeping
chairman; Yenna York, chairman
of judges; Mary Grace Orr, rooms;
Birdie Margaret Moorer, publicity;
and Mary Diamond, drawings.
Coaches
Coaches will be chosen from Pi
Kappa Delta. Mary Diamond and
Birdie Margaret Moorer will coach
the Ramsay teams. The co%oh for
Hanson will be Yenna York. The
west Main teams will be coached
by Sara Peck Weaver; Christine
Griffin will have charge of the cen-
tral Main squads; and Mary Grace
Orr the east Main groups. The
cooperative houses teams will be
under the direction of Annie Mae
Paulk.
Entrants
Preliminary entrants are, from
Ramsay, Jane Pittman, Sara Christ-
enberry, Betty Archibald, and Mar-
garet Reid. Hanson entrants are
Mary Sterne, Irene Swift, Mittie
Byrd Dismukes, and Bonnie Bishop.
The cooperative houses’ first de-
baters are Sara Burns, Margaret
Saxon, Alma Masingill, Cleo Reid,
Wini Pearl Clark, Virginia Smith,
Alma Gibson, Evelyn Hardegree,
and Eugenia Reynolds.
Main is divided into three divi-
sions for formation of teams. East
Main has entered Naomi Meyer,
Peggy Kirk, Rosa Tusa, Evelyn
Self, Mary Edna Wallace, Julia
Jones, Margaret Lee, Virginia Spi-
vey, Wilma Reynolds, Hilda Gis-
sendanner, and Virginia Martin.
Those trying out in west Main
are Ola Guy Cotney, Jean Espy,
Winifred Wildes, Ezelle Bonner,
Dorothy Sandlin, Shirley York, and
Irma Piper. Central Main’s en-
trants are Marie Nicholas, Marie
Snow, Dorothy Robbins, Mary
Curtes, Katie Lane Russell, Fran-
ces Brown, Elizabeth Emfinger,
Mary Helen Goodman, Sara Rumb-
ley, Violet Belcher, Olivia Hines,
Alline Ellis, Jean Ellis, and Gwen-
dolyn Williams.
Some University of Louisville
buildings originally housed a juve-
nile reform school.
Have you tried our
Sunday Specials?
FRIED CHICKEN
Every Sunday
Served with, Home Baked Pies
THE PLAZA GRILL
Seventy Percent
Tuberculosis Cases
Are Not Incurable
Dr. R. H. Steihm Declares That
Program Will Enable Students
To Stop Disease
Madison, Wis. (Special)—Seventy
per cent of all tuberculosis cases
could be discovered while still in
the usually curable minimal stage,
through an efficient and well-di-
rected tuberculosis program, ac-
cording to Dr. R. H. Stiehm, as-
sistant professor of clinical medi-
cine at the University of Wiscon-
sin. Dr. Stiehm has just completed
a five-year tuberculosis program
among State university students in
which he examined over 16,000 stu-
dents.
Stiehm declaired: “Because treat-
ment early in the disease is un-
doubtedly the biggest factor in re-
covery, it is unfortunate that late
diagnoses are still the rule.”
All students enrolling in the
State university are given a Man-
toux tuberculin test, designed to
reveal whether the individual has
at any time been infected with
tuberculosis.
It was found that a higher rate
of infection existed among the col-
lege men than among college wo-
men.
New War Disrupts Plans
Of Education Groups
(Continued from page 3)
own expense will be forced to con-
tinue their education here.
First announcement of a curricu-
lar change in a United States uni-
versity comes from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, which has
instituted a new advanced course
in marine engineering. This move
was made because of the prospect of
an enormous expansion in naval
and merchant shipbuilding in the
next ten years. U. S. Navy officers
will aid in giving the course.
R. O. T. C. students worrying
about their status should the United
States be drawn into the war, have
this announcement of an army
official to establish their respon-
sibilities:
“The R. O. T. C. cannot be call-
ed into service by the federal gov-
ernment, as it has no jurisdiction
over the university units.” R. O. T.
C. students need not serve sooner
than a person who has not had such
training, the official indicated.
By Peggy Kirk and Margaret Ritter
“There was so much ‘forbidden,’ ”
Miss Mildred Caldwell, new physi-
cal education teacher who visited
Germany for the 1936 Olympic
games, told ALABAMIAN report-
ers in an interview, September 27.
The country was overrun with vis-
itors, but German hosts were gra-
cious, sympathetic, and interested
in all comers.”
Miss Caldwell was profoundly im-
pressed by the order and cleanli-
ness of German cities, the absence
of cripples, beggars, and derelics.
About one-half of the people speak
some English, and the Germans are
especially fond of Negro music.
“They thought me extravagant,”
commented Miss Caldwell, “because
I spent fifteen dollars a month for
food. I’m especially fond of Ger-
man food, but even at that time
many staples were synthetic, and
dairy products were rationed out.”
Throughout the land there was an
air of tension, and although there
was no outward appearance of in-
ternal disturbances or racial per-
secution, governmental policies were
never openly discussed. When ask-
ed about concentration camps, Nazi
sympathizers ignored the question.
“Germans love pomp, pageantry,
parades, and the like; every other
man wore a uniform.”
One night during her stay Miss
Caldwell experienced the terrifying
thrill of a black-out, and once there
was an airplane finder drill. In-
stead of playing, German children
spend their afternoons in “Youth
Meetings” learning Nazi policies, to
march, and how to become future
German citizens.
As a whole, Germans love music,
art, and literature. The crowded
opera was marked by Wagner’s
Leading Educators
Attend Institute
(Continued from page 3)
ent high school with the first two
years of the present college.
Major increase in enrollments of
colleges during the next twenty-five
years because of increasing unem-
ployability of youths under the age
of 20.
Coordination of administration
of publicly supported institutions to
eliminate wasteful overlapping of
programs and costly recruiting of
students.
“Despite the depression exper-
iences of the last decade, when pri-
vately supported institutions felt
the decline of income from endow-
ment because of reduced interest
rates, and publicly supported insti-
tutions had reduced appropriations,
the administrators are in general
agreement that there is an era of
growth ahead,” Dr. Russell said.
“They believe that the experience
of the immediate past indicates that
so long as their institutions main-
tain a service vital to our society,
society will support them properly
with funds and students.”
stirring music, but the lilting mel-
odies of Strauss, Mendelssohn, and
other Jewish composers was sadly
missing. Dresden art galleries are
among the finest in the world, and
Germany is a center for modern
dance.
Cars are few, but Germans love
fresh air,; Sundays and holidays
parks and public walks are crowded
with bicycles and strolling couples.
“Every man and his dog had a can-
did camera,” jested Miss Caldwell.
“And speaking of candid cameras,
the picture I liked best came at
the end of my trip when the red
clay hills of Monroe county wel-
comed me home.”
Education Problems
Discussed By Men
Of National Repute
Noted politicians and college
presidents give opinions of educa-
tion and democracy to Associated
Collegiate Press.
“I want my son,to go to a school
where they teach all forms of gov-
ernment. I want him to know all
there is to know about Communism,
Fascism, and Socialism, as well as
representative forms of government.
I want him to know all the good
and the bad points of all these
theories of government, as they
have been worked out in actual
practice in the past and in the
present.” Alf M. Landon, 1936 De-
publican presidentail nominee, votes
unequivocally for freedom in edu-
cation.
“Education exists not merely so
that the rising generation may face,
discuss, and, if possible, decide
questions basic to political society
and human life. It exists also to
provide the highest goods them-
selves. It exists to foster moral, in-
tellectual and spiritual growth. Its
results should be a sound character,
a disciplined mind, and an elevated
spirit.” University of Chicago Pres.
Robert M. Hutchins eloquently de-
scribes the great ends of higher ed-
ucation.
“In these troublous times, dem-
ocracy’s strongest safeguard against
the inroads of totalitarian philoso-
phies is education. At this very
moment the traditional values of
our civiliaztion are being challeng-
ed, and the colleges and schools of
the country will have to assume
a more important role than ever
before in guiding our youth to ex-
amine intelligently our culture of
the past, and more particularly,
the events and movements of to-
day.” College of the City of New
York’s Pres. Nelson P. Mead states
an important preface to another
year of higher education.
Some 70 college and university
presidents are graduates of Indiana
university.
Student Interest
Aroused By Events
Of European War
Colleges Express Sympathy
For War-Torn Countries But
Demand Our Neutrality
A great majority of college news-
papers, in their first issues this
year, carry warnings to their
readers to “keep a weather eye on
the war and diplomatic movements
of the world, and to study with
renewed interest the causes of war
and the ways and means by which
the United States can keep out of
armed conflict.”
Associated Collegiate Press pub-
lishes opinions of a number of stu-
dent paper opinions. The University
of Tulsa Collegian puts it:
“Today, students find bloodshed
and heroes enough on the football
field. Today, boys working their
way through college as a result of
the last w'ar know that an war boom
is a fickle, unstable thing. Today,
co-eds realize that glamorous uni-
formed troops lead to very un-
giamorous ,breadlines. Today, T. U.
students say flatly that they will
refuse to fight.”
“Impossible to Ignore War”
But, says the Gettysburg College
Gettysburgian, “It is hopeless to
expect that we can ignore the dan-
gers of a widespread conflict even
3,000 miles away. . . . But it is not
necessary that we digest the special-
ly prepared propaganda directed
at neutrals needed to help in the
conflict. Let us keep our minds
open, our hands clean, and our
country free and neutral for the
development of our own civiliza-
tion.”
The futility that most collegians
feel about war is aptly phrased by
the Hobart College Herald: “The
most discouraging aspect of the
whole situation is that there are no
indications that things will be bet-
ter after this second World War
is ended. We are witnessing a vic-
ious circle in which wars engender
hate which causes new wars and
more hate. It seems to be impossible
for a people to fight a war with-
out building up so much hatred of
the enemy that a reasonable peace
is impossible.”
“We Must Stay Out”
There is a general feeling among
collegians that we must stay out
of this war, come what may. The
anti?war oaths popular some two or
three years ago seem to be cropping
up anew. Listen to the University
of Richmond Collegian: “To the
man who says we can’t stay out of
war, say: ‘We owe nothing to Brit-
ain, and we have nothing to fear
of Germany. We can stay out of
war; we must stay out of war; we
will stay out of war!’”
A second to this motion is made
by the New Mexico State Teachers
College Mustang: “We say, it’s
Europe’s war, not ours!” And that
seems to be the general collegiate
opinion today.
Whiteman, Waring
Novelty Programs
Arouse Interest
Paul Whiteman every Wednesday
and Fred Waring five nights a
week, broadcasting from their own
playhouses in the center of New
York’s theatre district, are the
Chesterfield radio offerings for the
coming fall and winter season. In
fact, the huge Fred Waring or-
ganization entertains its theatre
audience for a half-hour after ev-
ery air show, and the Liggett and
Myers Tobacco company’s New
York office is busy filling thou-
sands of ticket requests daily from
metropolitan fans as well as vis-
itors from all over the country,
who are anxious to see these two
great entertainers in person.
The new Fred Waring “Pleasure
Time” program is broadcast from
Monday through Friday evenings
in five quarter-hour programs,
over an NBC network. The popular
Whiteman half-hour program is a
regular Wednesday feature for mil-
lions of listeners from coast to
coast. Stars of the Fred Waring
program are Donna Dae, 18-year-
and Jane Wilson, tenors Stuart
Churchill and Gordon Goodman,
baritone Jimmy Atkins, Poley Mc-
Clintock, comedy drummer, and
the “Two Bees and a Honey” trio.
The program opens up each night
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sical gems of individualistic style
and charm.
Ferde Grofe’s arrangement of
“Rhapsody in Blue” by George
Gershwin is next on the program,
jazz, as a product of a restless age
must be trained to artistic use or
vanish entirely as a living force.
George Gershwin, with his “Rhap-
sody in Blue,” realized the possi-
bilities of jazz as the basis of an
art form apart from dancing.
The next number on the matinee
program will be “Prelude to the
III Act and Dance of the Appren-
tices” from DIE MEISTERSINGE1R
by Richard Wagner. This opera is a
satire on the musical methods of
the Reformation and through it
there runs a strongly comic vein.
Hungarian Rhapsody
“Hungarian Rhapsody” Number 2
by Franz Liszt is undoubtedly the
•best known and most popular of
his rhapsodies. It consists of a slow
movement at the beginning, follow-
ed by a rapid “Friska,” from the
Czardas, which is the national dance
of Hungary.
The next number, “A Motor
Ride,” is a descriptive piece by
Thomas Bidgood. This selection goes
back to the time when a motor
ride was an event greatly antici-
pated but not always so greatly en-
joyed. This in an extremely impres-
sionistic and humorous composi-
tion.
Xylophone Soloist
Xylophone soloist, Oliver Zins-
meister, will play “Gypsy Airs,” by
Caesar Espejo. This is an adapta-
tion of a composition written ori-
ginally for a violin solo.
The next number will be the
popular “Deep Purple,” described as
morceau de genre. It will be played
as it was originally written by
Peter de Rose — a velour musical
pattern in four movements inspired
by the blaze of rich colors in the
rainbow.
“Festival,” a grand march by
Victor Herbert, is the next selec-
tion. This march was written for
the Philadelphia exposition and is
strikingly imbued with those bril-
liant characteristics and melodic
traits which carved such lasting
fame and popularity for Herbert’s
music. This inspiring march in-
troduces one of the world’s best
known folk songs, “Auld Lang
Syne,” with effect.
Variations on the theme of “Pop!
Goes the Weasel,” Lucien Calliet
will follow. There are seven dis-
tinct phases of this piece, namely:
Introduction, Theme, Fugue, Men-
uet, In Jerusalem, Music Box, and
In Jazz.
Evening Program
The evening program will be
opened by “Grand Scenes” from
BORIS GODOUNOV by Moussorg-
sky. This opera is one of the mas-
terpieces of operatic literature. Pic-
turing some of the stirring events!
in Russia about the year 1600, the
drama is devoted to the personal
tragedy of Boris, claimant of the
imperial throne.
The second selection will be
“Cake Walk” from FOURTH SYM-
PHONY by Harl McDonald, who is
fast becoming one of America’s
leading composers. This division is
the third movement of the sym-
phony.
Winfred Kemp, cornetist, will play
“Napoli” by Herman Bellstedt, the
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. SPORTS .
By Sara Harris, Sports Editor
The last two days volley ball
enthusiasts have champed their
bits impatiently and haven’t had
a chance to give the volley ball the
old one, two wallop.
The afternoon sports season was
officially opened Monday, Septem-
ber 18. Freshmen may take the
bow for having the largest number
of players out. They show promise
of having an excellent chance at
winning the tournament. With a
flippant wiggle of their heels, they
bound into the air and usually send
the ball back.
The juniors moan the loss of
some of their star players. “Bobby”
Brabston and “Butch” Liles de-
jectedly stand on the sidelines and
coach.
The seniors, after four years of
playing volley ball, show plenty of
technique. The sophomores, too,
aren’t children.
Shall we go German on you and
issue “a call to colors,” so the
courts will be nicely sprinkled with
blue, wine, yellow, and green gym
suits? And would you call it irony
that the new gym suits for fresh-
men are green?
The jam session Saturday night
was indeed “jammy.” The Field
house was packed with dancers, the
music was good, and the refresh-
ments were better. Just three little
words that aren’t about to run any-
body crazy, “It was swell!”
Mr. Warfield, the one male there,
had blondes on the right of him,
brunettes on the left of him, red
heads in front of him that charged
and thundered, “May I have this
dance?” He gallantly “swung his
partner”—two steps, and began
again.
As the dancers truged wearily up
the hill after it was over, they
each rubbed some aching joint as
they enthusiastically said, “It was
fun!”
arrangement by Kemp.
David Bennett’s modern rhap-
sody of the South, “Cypress Sil-
houettes,” will be next on the pro-
gram. This is an ultra-modern
rahpsodic depiction of the life of
the Negro on the bayous.
Trombone Solo
Next is a trombone solo, fantasy
on “Annie Laurie” by Arthur Pry-
or, played by nineteen-year-old
Robert Isele. Pryor was a famous
bandmaster and thef greatest trom-
bonist of his time. The composi-
tion is of great popular charm,
“Secret Marriage,” an overture
by Domenico Cimarosa, written in
typical classical style, was well re-
ceived at the time of its writing
by Leopold of Austria and other
royalty.
The next composition will be the
Holcombe’s
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By Jeanne Appleton
UNEXPECTED FATHER—Tuesday
and Wednesday
“Unexpected Father,” showing at
the Strand theatre tomorrow and
Wednesday, stars the completely
charming picture stealer, Baby
Sandy, and ace laugh provoker,
Mischa Auer.
Baby Sandy, cast as an orphaned
boy, falls into the devoted hands
of a troupe of small-time actors.
Mischa Auer gets his usual quota
of amusing situations and treats
them hilariously. Shirley Ross plays
the love interest and finally mar-
ries in order to be the foster mother
of Baby Sandy.
The audience cannot keep from
being enamored by this baby, Hol-
lywood’s newest find in the nursery
line. Baby Sandy has the simplicity,
yet perfection of dramatic in-
stinct, that only a born actor can
have. The audience will laugh with
him, cry with him, and scringe to
his every move when perched on
a ledge, dizzingly high above the
sidewalk.
This is a “not-so-new” plot with
Whiteman, Waring
Novelty Programs
Arouse Interest
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with the new theme song, “While
a Chesterfield Was Burning.”
The Paul Whiteman program,
setting a brilliant pace for variety
and musical mastery, goes into an-
other season as one of radio’s out-
standing entertainments. Featured
voices include lovely, talented Joan
Edwards, the Four Modemaires, and
Clark Dennis, tenor. And probably
never before have so many out-
standing musicians appeared on
one popular program. Besides
Whiteman himself, there are Roy
Bargy, pianist and assistant di-
rector, who arranges many of the
band’s numbers, Charlie Teagar-
den, one of the finest “hot” trum-
peters of all time — A1 Gallodoro
America’s top saxophonist, who
leads such artists as Sal Franzella,
Frank Simone and Art Delinger in
the “Sax Soctette” unit — “The
Bouncing Brass,” with Goldie Gold-
field, Teagarden, Bob Cusamano
and Hall Mathews—and many other
names famous to lovers of jazz and
swing.
“Prelude to III Act” from LOHEN-
GRIN by Wagner. The music of this
prelude is pervaded by the senti-
ment of joy and thanksgiving,
while at the same time “it depicts
the blissful serenity which follows
the rites of sanctified union.” The
ever popular “Bridal Chorus” is in-
cluded in the prelude.
Xylophone soloist, Charles Owen,
will play “Zigeunerweisen” by Pab-
lo de Sarasate. This composition,
originally written for violin, lends
itself well to this most favorite of
percussion instruments.
“Mardi Gras” from Ferde Grofe’s
MISSISSIPPI SUITE, depicts the
colorful festival held annually in
New Orleans. The theme is gay,
brilliant, and exhilarating.
Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody”
Number 13 is the next selection. In
this composition, by use of charac-
teristic folk themes and the pecu-
liar rhythms of the musical gyp-
sies, the composer gives us a real
glimpse of Hungarian nationality.
Both concerts will be concluded
by the playing of “The Star
Spangled Banner” as only this, the
nation’s favorite band, can play it.
a fresh touch given it by a whole-
some, amusing cast of players.
* * *
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK—
Thursday and Friday.
The new, raven-tressed Joan Ben-
nett and Louis Hayward will be
romantically teamed for the first
time in “The Man in the Iron
Mask,” taken from Dumas’ exciting
tale of seventeenth century romance
and adventure.
This movie dramatizes the en-
mity and hatred between King
Louis XIV of France and his twin
brother, phillipe, both roles being
played by Louis Hayward. Louis
XIV, a very cruel monarch, is una-
ware of his brother’s existence un-
til he is about to execute him for
treason. Fearing a plot to dethrone
him, Louis becomes jealous of
Philippe and encases him in a
torcherous iron mask and condemns
him to life imprisonment in the
Bastille.
Maria Theresa, infanta of Spain,
is pledged to be married to the
cruel Louis for reasons of state.
She hates Louis and loves Philippe;
consequently, she plots to set Phil-
ippe free.
The sets and costumes for this
drama are superbly magnificent,
representing a tremendous outlay
of production money. Dresses and
robes are copied meticulously from
elaborate styles of the period.
The supporting cast of this film,
which is in part a true story, in-
cludes Warren William, Joseph
Schildkraut, Alan Hale, and other
supporting actors of high calibre.
“The Man in the Iron Mask” is a
brilliant, spectacular adaptation of
a brilliant story.
* * *
IN NAME ONLY
Coming to the Strand theatre
soon is “In Name Only,” a spark-
ling, stimulating refurbishment of
the eternal triangle theme. Carole
Lombard as the “home-breaker,”
Cary Grant as the harassed hus-
band, and Kay Francis as the dol-
lars-conscious wife are superlative.
Cary and Kay, are an unhappyily
wedded pair, Kay admittedly hav-
ing married Cary for his money.
When Carole, a charming young
widow, walks on the scene, Cary
falls in love with her. When
Cary tries to win his freedom, Kay
says to Carole, “I gave up love for
what I got. Do you think I am
going to let you or anyone else get
it away from me?”
Carole replies, “I love him! I’ll
scrawl it on fences. I’ll print it on
banners and wear it across my
chest—Carole loves Cary!”
The question is, can tomorrow’s
love fit today’s wedlock bonds?
One woman with the right to claim,
but without love to hold—the other
woman without the right to love,
but with the power to possess—in
a story of too-full hearts and too-
empty arms—who will win? This
By Frances Ribble
Alumnae Secretary
Ruby Simpson, ’29, has taken a
position this year as head of the
home economics department at
Purnam university, Greenville, S. C.
Last year she studied at the Uni-
versity of Ohio completing some of
the work toward her Ph. D. degree.
Before that time she was connected
with Alabama college as supervisor
of home economics.
* * He
Three alumnae have recentlyi ac-
cepted positions at their alma
mater. Elnora Gammage, ’35, is
working here as assistant super-
visor of home economics; Burlie
Ellis, ’37, is supervisor of the resi-
dence NYA project; and Mildred
Hart, ’35, is supervisor of home ec-
onomics in the training school.
* * *
Fannie Jo Scott Roberts, ’26, an-
nounces the birth of a son, Wil-
liam Nettles Roberts, Jr., on Sep-
tember 18.
* * *
Cary Sanford Creel, ’38, has a
daughter, Rachel Merrigan, born
August 13.
Guy Lois Dickey, ’37, is doing
graduate work at Columbia this
year. Pope Byrd, ’38, is studying at
the University of Chicago, Kath-
leen Williams, ’39, at the Univer-
sity of Alabama, and Katherine
Chancy, ’38, at Peabody.
* * *
Inez Hart ’30, is director of physi-
cal education and speech at Mis-
souri Valley college.
* * *
Recent marriages include those
of Margaret Kersting to Ensign
Andrew Charles McDonaugh of
Pensacola on September 23. They
will live in Atlanta, Ga.
Christine Greer, ’37, to Thomas
Warburton Primm of Montgomery,
in September.
Elsie Ruth May, ’38, to Woodie
Emmett Alston, Jr., of Linden, Sep-
tember 6. They are both connected
with the Farm Security adminis-
tration in Linden.
Margaret Bowie Smith, ’38, to
Gordon Porcher Hamilton, Mobile,
on September 16.
Katherine Kulp, ’39, to Bob Mc-
Graw of Birmingham, in June.
Anne Robison, ’36, to K. M. Var-
ner, Jr., of Union Springs, in June.
Dorothy Waites, ’37, to John
Thompson McAllister of Huntsville
and Elizabeth, N. j., on October 8.
Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Perrin,
’38, to Vernon Lenwood Collins of
Anniston and Florence on October
21. Mr. Collins is with the engineer-
ing design division at Wilson dam.
Josephine Pow, ex-’37, to Robert
H. Hurd of Bessemer and New Or-
leans, in October.
Carolyn Baker, ex-’40, to Carl Al-
fred Edfeldt of Birmingham, in
October.
Sadie Burgess, ex-’42, to Eugene
Wiley Bluemly, on October 14.
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OCTOBER 2, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Home Economics
Department Begins
Year’s Activities
Students and faculty of the home
economics department are begin-
ning the 1939-40 term with clubs,
trips and state-wide meetings.
Alabama home economics college
clubs will hold their first meeting
in Auburn, October 7. All home ec-
onomics majors are urged to sign
their names to the list posted in
the dormitories if they wish to re-
serve seats on the bus to attend
the meeting.
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its first meeting in Calkins audi-
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torium, September 21. On the pro-
gram were several who told their
summer’s experiences. Barbara
Peck, president, and Virginia Bout-
well, treasurer, gave reports on the
National Home Economics conven-
tion held in San Antonio, Texas,
this summer. -Marguerite Denny
told about her work in the training
school; Margaret Stallworth spoke
of her experience as a model in
New York; and Mabeth Skelton
talked about her job for Olan Mills
in Tuscaloosa. Dr. Lois Ackerley,
head of the home economics de-
partment, also gave a report on the
convention, and welcomed the so-
phomore class into the big Home
Economics club.
The sophomore class was put in
charge of the sandwiches for the
tearoom this year. Audrey Crumbley
is chairman of this committee, and
Margaret Ellis bookkeeper.
The Service bureau has already
begun its year’s work. Lurline
Thompson and Vandalyn Lazenby
prepared the refreshments for the
meeting of the Business and Pro-
fessional Women’s club of Monte-
vallo, September 25. The bureau
offers sewing and catering services
this year.
Montevallo
HOFFMAN’S
Sport Clothes, Shoes
Cat Anatomy Class
Ends Further Meows
By Sara Harris
A peculiar odor seeps gradually
from the open door of the biology
laboratory in Bloch hall. It circles
strongly up the stairs and distrib-
utes itself evenly in every room.
The curious student that sniffs
it down to its origin ends up in a
room of the deceased. The dead
are spread in curious angles all
over the tables, some with feet
protruding from beneath the wrap-
ping, and all reeking of embalming
fluid.
There are eleven dead cats in this
room, each being proudly displayed
by its owner. Mrs. Ramsour, the
instructor in Cat Anatomy, dug
away the excelsior from around
them and handed out one to eaoii
sophomore “phys ed’’ major. Then
with a bottle of embalming fluid
held aloof in one hand, and a dead
cat in the other, she formally
christened each cat. The first name
was Nasturtium; the other names
ranged from Adam and Eve to Tab-
by. As each pupil handed over her
charge, Mrs. Ramsour sprinkled
on three drops of liquid and said
in a sonorous voice, “Caesar, thou
shall be.”
Scapula! Knife! Scissors! No, not
a surgeon with an appendix opera-
tion, just a “phys ed” major play-
ing havoc with her dead cat.
Alumnae Chapter
Is Formed In Four
Southern Cities
Pour new alumnae chapters were
organized in Greensboro, Opp, Cof-
fee county, and Geneva by Miss
Prances Ribble, alumnae secretary,
during her recent tour through the
southern part of the state.
Officers elected by these groups
are as follows: In Greensboro, Sara
Bradford Borden, ’35, president;
Laurice Butler Walthall, ’30, vice-
president; Mary Pore Stuart Os-
born, ’20, secretary-treasurer. In
Opp Helen Morgan, ’38, was chosen
president of the chapter, in Coffee
county, Jean Richardson, ’36, is
president, and in Geneva, Nell Gay
Pittman, ex-’37, was made presi-
dent.
Newly elected officers in chap-
ters previously organized are Ethel
Holmes, ’34, president of the Brew-
ton chapter; Bay Pearson, ’37, presi-
dent of the Andalusia chapter; and 1
Gussie Haygood Crawford, ’34, sec-
retary-treasurer.
Miss Ribble also visited alumnae
,groups in Tuscaloosa, Marion,
Greenville, Wetumpka, Montgom-
ery, and Union Springs.
These alumnae groups are making
plans to assist in raising the fund
to equip Reynolds hall upon the
completion of the remodeling which
is now in progress. They are also
planning to send delegates to the
Conference of Alumnae Chapter
Presidents to be held on the cam-
pus, October 20-21.
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MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, OCTOBER 16, 1939
NUMBER 4
First Play
Of 1939 Season
Is Produced
College Theatre Selects
*'Barber Of Seville”
As Opening Play Of Year
“The Barber of Seville,” a mas-
terpiece of wit by Beaumarchais,
will be presented Friday, October
20, at 8 o’clock in Palmer hall by
the College Theatre.
Dr. Walter H. Trumauer, direct-
or, has selected the cast for this
play. Frances Ward will play Count
Almaviva, hero, adventurer, uncon-
ventional and versatile nobleman.
Mary Sterne will take the part of
Bartholo, a wealthy, stupid physic-
ian. Maoma Moore will portray
Rosine, heroine and ward of Bar-
tholo, a striking combination of
naivete and worldly sophistication.
The character of Figaro, rascally
servant, “go-between” for plots, a
personal portrait of Beaumarchais
himself, will be played by Mary Ann
Edwards.
Cast
Mary Kelly Porter will take the
part of Don Begile, a music teach-
er. Jeanne Espy and Patricia -Smith
will portray servants, Wideowake
and Youngman. Annie Mae Paulk
will be a notary. Jean Vick will be
cast as a justice of the peace. Dor-
othy Coleman, Rose Weaver, and
Virginia Wright will portray serv-
ants and policemen.
Beaumarchais, a landmark of the
nineteenth century, ranks with Did-
erot and Voltaire. He was extremely
versatile and holding positions of
importance in the government, be-
ing a musician, dramatist, inventor
and watchmaker. He helped finance
the American Revolution and was
one of the instigators of the French
Revolution. Beaumarchais has an
extraordinary capacity to give a
human twist to dull, conventional
characters.
Underlying Principles
The underlying principles of “The
Barber of Seville” apply as well to-
day as they did when the drama was
written. The plot deals with Rosine,
loved by her guardian, Bartholo,
whom she dislikes intensely, but
tolerates. • Count Almaviva sees Ros-
ine in Madrid and falls in love with
her. Almaviva, an enemy of conven-
tion, shows great ingenuity in plan-
ning novel means of presenting his
love to Rosine. He appears in vari-
ous disguises. With the aid of Figaro
he hatches schemes to trick Barth-
olo and thus brings the drama to a
thrilling climax.
Senior Class Presents
Comedy by Dewitt Boden
, “Romances of Emma,” a comedy
of manners and morals by Dewitt
Boden, will be presented by the
senior class Friday evening, Nov-
ember 17. Miss Margaret Florey will
direct the play.
“Romances by Emma,” based on
Jane Austin’s famous novel, EMMA,
centers around Emma, a romance-
maker par excellence, using all
methods to bring the pair of hex-
choice together. The play’s setting
is in the home of the Woodehouses
in Highberry in the years 1814-1815.
This comedy was first produced un-
der the title “Emma” by Gilmor
Brown at the Pasadena playhouse,
February 23, 1937.
The play committee in the senior
class was Martha Terry, chairman,
Naomi Favor, Kate Corcoran, Mar-
guerite Denny, and Mary Green
Johns.
Frances Roberts Wins
Loveman Scholarship
Frances Roberts, sophomore retail
major, was awarded a one-year
home economics major, was award-
ed a one-year scholarship by Love-
man, Joseph & Loeb. This scholar-
ship was begun this year by Love-
man’s to be offered to a sophomore
majoring in retail home economics.
Debate Causes Uproar
Debating Squads Prove Power
In The First Clash of
Battle October 21
That 100% of the juniors, sopho-
mores, and freshmen would vote
YES, and 100'% of the seniors NO1 is
almost a certainty when it comes to
the question as to whether or not
Alabama College students should be
graduated on the basis of a compre-
hensive examination given during
the senior year.
At any rate, this question, chosen
by Alabama Beta chapter of Kappa
Delta, national honorary forensic
fraternity, to be the subject of the
intramural debate this season, is
raising a great deal of “cane” on the
campus.
Some master minds and powerful
orators have the idea that they
might even convince the omnipotent
“they” to put off all exams until
the ultimate one. But the opinion
on that seems to be that if the jun-
iors, who by all rights are great
debators, do try to push the subject
—Crook Week would be extended;
over an eternity. For the righteous
seniors think that aside from the
black picture of that comprehensive
bugaboo that they’ve had exams
every year—and what’s the use to
change this late in the ,day?
What points each class will raise,
and what real power the idea itself
may have will all come out in the
“wash” on October 27 when intra-
mural debate squads meet in that
first clash!
How's Your Social
Etiquette Behaving?
Are you a habitual reader of
Emily Post? Or do you place much
weight on “keeping up socially?”
Suggestions for good tea room
etiquette may help you minimize
your “social blunders.”
1. The operators aren’t deaf, and
shouting has an irritating tendency
for everyone.
2. If you can’t make up your own
mind, don’t expect the operators to
be able to tell you what you want.
3. No waste basket is too good for
trash.
4. Have you noticed all the bench-
es, chairs, and tables? They’re for
you to use. Anyway, it’s getting too
cold to take coca colas outside, don’t
you think? Those bottles cost mon-
ey.
5. And by the way, it’s your re-
sponsibility to ask for your own
tickets when you take a bottle out.
6. “First come, first served.” That
policy will work better here too.
There’s enough to go around, so
don’t rush.
7. It’s your tea room — that’s
enough of a suggestion.
Condition Exams
All students desiring to take
condition examinations should
apply at the dean’s office with
the subject in which the exam-
ination is desired by the close
of today, October 16. The exam-
inations will be held in 103
Bloch hall, October 21.
Freshmen Salute
Classes With Party
From all indications the freshman
class is going to spring one of the
year’s most enjoyable parties at
Halloween. The idea of a carnival
will be carried out by having side
shows, booths, barkers, and all the
trimmings. The freshman executive
committee which includes Lois
Blake, chairman, Shirley York,
Marjorie Powell, and Jean Espy, is
working with the chairmen of the
following committees to make the
party a big success: Helen Autrey,
restoration; Sara Reddoch, invita-
tion; Peggy Kirk, decoration; Clara
Nell Lynn, entertainment; and Rob-
bie Lee Linch, refreshment.
It’s at the Field house on the_
night of October 28. Maybe the gob-'
lins won’t get us if we just watch
out!
Cast Is Chosen
For First Play
By Freshmen
Freshman Cast Will
Present "Fresh Fields”
Nov. 4 in Palmer Hall
“The cast has been selected and
rehearsals are in progress for ‘Fresh
Fields’,” announces Mr. Jack War-
field, director. The freshman class
will present this English comedy by
Ivor Novello, November 4.
Jeanne Espy will play the part of
Mrs. Pidgeon, a hale, hearty vul-
garian, who is called in to save the
mansion of Ladies Mary Crabbe and
Lillian Bedworthy from the hands
of their creditors. The role of Lady
Mary, a glamorous, refined English-
woman, will be portrayed by Martha
Ward. Dorothy Watson will be cast
as Lady Lillian, a fussy, affected,
middle-aged aristocrat. Lady Mary
provides love interest with Tom, a
fortyish sheep rancher.
Other sweethearts are Lena, a
beautiful, healthy girl, played by
Caroline King, and Tim, a pleasant-
young aristocrat of about twenty-
five, played by Sara Andrews. The
part of Miss Swaine, a subdued, ef-
ficient secretary, will be played by
Adelaide Lindell. Peggy Kirk will
be Ludlow, the conventional butler,
a fixture of the family and house
for years. Carolyn Robertson will
be cast as Lady Strome, charming
but overbearing dowager of London,
a person with much presence.
Metzelthin Will Be Speaker
Of Concert-Lecture Series
On Campus During October
College Baptist Union
Gives Missionary Play
The college Baptist Student union
will present “The Two Masters,” a
missionary play, at the annual con-
vention at Howard college, Birm-
ingham, October 27-29.
Elton Johnson, a returned mis-
sionary, and Margery Moore, assist-
ant editor of the Baptist Student
magazine, will be among the con-
vention speakers. Dr. Ross E. Dillon
of Troy, state B. S. U. pastor, will
also be present.
The local B. S. U. plans to have
fifty delegates at the conference.
Montevallo representatives will stay
at homes in east Birmingham. Any
person wishing to attend this state
meeting should contact Mary Dia-
mond, president of the campus B.
S. U.
Community Chest
Will Launch Drive
The community chest will launch
its third annual campaign October
16-30, with Dean T. H. Napier as
president. The chest is unique in
that few towns of this size have
such a generous and efficient pro-
vision for emergency relief and com-
munity recreation. Last year $1,700
was obtained, and it is hoped that
this amount will be duplicated in
this campaign. Our faculty has con-
tributed generously each year and
several are members of the admin-
istrator’s board.
All funds are distributed through
the welfare organization of the so-
ciology department. Students tak-
ing this training report any needs,
and allotments are; made by a wor-
thy staff.
Provisions are included: for lunch-
es of needy children at the training
school. The two scout houses, the
girls’ house across from the campus,
and the boys’ hut down by the big
spring, are both being advanced by
community chest funds.
Juniors Honor Sister
Class At Supper Hike
On Tuesday, October 10 the jun-
ior class entertained the freshman
class at a supper hike- to camp. The
informal meal was served in the val-
ley below the camp house. Later the
group took part in various. activities
in the camp house.
Madame Pearl Metzelthin,
above, will lecture on nutrition
October 30-31.
Inter-Dormitory
Debates Prepared
For Late October
Tryouts and most of the team
appointments have been held for
the intramural debate tournament
to be held Friday and Saturday,
October 27-28. The question will be
“Resolved: That graduation from
Alabama College shall be dependent
upon a comprehensive examination
taken at the end of the senior year.”
The tournament will open with a
general student body meeting Fri-
day night, October 27. The members
of Pi Kappa Delta planning commit-
tee for the tournament urge stud-
ents to follow their team through
each round.
The prospective debaters for Ram-
say are Kate Corcoran, Bettie Arch-
ibald, and Ida Moore. The Hanson
teams are Mary Sterne, Irene Swift,
Mittie Byrd Dismukes, and Bonnie
Bishop. The cooperative houses’ and
day students’ teams will include
Sara Burns, Shirley Sneed, Alma
Gibson, and Virginia Smith. Peggy
Kirk, Rosa Tusa, Mary Edna Wal-
lace, and Julia Jones will represent
east Main. West Main’s teams will
be Ezelle Bonner, Shirley York, Dor-
othy Sandlin, and Ola G. COtney.
Central Main’s team will be chos-
en from the following: Marie Nich-
olas, Marie Snow, Dorothy Robbins,
Mary Curtis, Katie Lane Russell,
Elizabeth Emfinger, Mary Helen
Goodman, Sara Rumbley, Violet
Belcher, Olivia Hines, Alline Ellis,
Jean Ellis, Gwendolyn Williams, and
Helen Willoughby.
Judges for the contest will be Miss
Ellen Haven Gould, Mr. J. H. Hen-
ning, Mrs. J. T. Bagwell, Dr. Hallie
Farmer, Miss Nora Landmark, Miss
Loretta Skelly, Mr. I. T. Sanders,
Dr. A. W. Vaughan, and Miss Wilma
Baugh.
Thursday, 12—Convocation.
Tuesday, 17—Student Body
Meeting
Thursday, 19—Convocation
Saturday, 21—Condition Exams,
Halloween Dance.
Alumnae Conference
Monday, 213—Home Economics
Fashion Show.
Tuesday 24-27—Religious Em-
phasis Week
Saturday, 28—Freshman Hal-
loween Party.
Monday, 30-31—Pearl V. Metz-
elthin
Famous Nutritionist
Will Give Lectures
During Campus Visit
Madame Pearl Violette Metzel-
thin, a woman who has an amazing
fund of knowledge and knows how
to impart it to her audience, will
be on the campus October 30-31,
as the second feature of the concert-
lecture series.
Madame Metzelthin is a woman
of wide experience, having succeed-
ed in a number of professional
fields. As the wife of a foreign dip-
lomat she has observed first-hand
civilization under all circumstances
in the far East, Africa, the South
Seas, and Europe. She holds degrees
in nutrition and medical science
from the universities of Berlin and
Geneva. She has lectured at the
Sorbonne in Paris and at the Uni-
versity of Berlin, and has published
many articles and a book both here
and abroad. Madame Metzelthin has
managed fashion shows for an out-
standing couturier in Paris. More
recently Madame Metzelthin has
had the position of research dieti-
tian and food consultant for Ameri-
can Airlines.
Woman of Adventure
Madame Metzelthin is a woman
of adventure. One of her most thril-
ling experiences was the forty-five
day flight with her diplomat hus-
band through a dangerously bandit-
infested portion of China when
China and Siam entered the World
War. She has experienced great con-
trasts ranging1 from the beauty and
luxury of royal courts and official
residences to the poverty and famine
prevalent in times of great national
and personal suffering.
Versatility is Madame Metzel-
thin’s prime characteristic. Said one
critic of her, “She seems to have the
French woman’s flair for style, a
certain practical commonsenseness
that might be attributed to the Ger-
man hausfrau, together with a per-
sonality which readers of fiction
stories of international intrigues
might describe as ‘a brilliant figure
in diplomatic circles and continent-
al salons,’ and with all, this woman
is essentially American.”
Interest in Vital Elements
Aside from her knowledge of
foods, dress, homemaking, and in-
ternational social circles, Madame
Metzelthin has an elert interest in
the vital events of the day. Her con-
stant aim is for better understand-
ing and cooperation among the rac-
es and nationalities of the world.
She has been decorated five times
for distinguished refugee service
among foreign peoples during fam-
ine, revolution, and war in Elurope
and Asia.
Madame Metzelthin, called “a
whirlwind of energy and enthusi-
asm,” is a pleasure to listen to.
What she says is colorful, signifi-
cant, interesting, and thoroughly
indicative of her varied activities
and wide range of interest.
Miss Parks Takes Place
In Service Department
A vast increase in the enrollment
in the physical science department
has made it necessary to add an-
other teacher to the staff. Miss
Helen Clare Parks, of Roanoke, Vir-
ginia, took up her work! in the de-
partment last week. She has recent-
ly received both her B. S. and M. A.
degrees from Duke University.
iMiss Parks is teaching freshman
classes and classe in organic chem-
istry.
Mr. W. J. Kennerly, head of the
physical science department, has
attributed the increased enrollment
to the larke number of home econ-
omics majors this year-
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OCTOBER 16, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
EDITORIALS
Have Seniors Lost
Their Dignity?
“Why, you can’t tell a senior from a freshman or
a sophomore,” observe new students this year. And
they still won’t be convinced that some of the class
of 1940 really belong to that group of “dignified”
seniors.
What has happened to our seniors? Heretofore it
has been a tradition, even more of a law, that seniors
were dignified, and they were looked up to by fresh-
men, sophomores, and even juniors. “Oh, to be a
senior,’’ it had become almost a prayer among the
lower classes.
Can it be that in these past three years we haven’t
advanced even a fraction from the childish high
school student who never had a serious thought?
Even donning caps and gowns for Founders day
didn’t help — we looked too much like “little girls
playing grown-up.” We giggled, we tittered, we
showed off — actions unbecoming in any seniority.
Perhaps it is a compliment to us to be able to
spend four years of hard, tiresome work preparing
ourselves for life without losing our earlier developed
“sense of humor.” But is Alabama College compli-
mented when it graduates 150 “leaders of tomorrow”
who display little, if any, signs of responsibility and
other qualities of leadership?
Buy Theatre Tickets!
“Them’s strong words,” protested students accused
of lying down on their job of selling Theatre tickets.
But their protests carried little conviction — they
were referred to the old maxim, “a guilty consci-
ence.”
At the first of school Dr. Trumbauer presented to
each class individually the new plan of selling sea-
son theatre tickets, a plan which received the prom-
ise of whole-hearted class support. But when the
time came for the actual salesmanship, we all be-
came a little less enthusiastic.
Are you going to stand for the implication that
we are a group of “shirk-our-duty, quick-to-break-a-
promise, extremely lazy students.” The freshmen, the
class which ordinarily wouldn’t have yet developed
such a deep sense of loyalty, has outsold all the
rest — the seniors follow next in line.
But it isn’t just because we made a promise. Under
the new plan the purchaser saves around eighty
cents, a sum which, though it softnds small, amounts
to a lot of coca-colas, cakes, and cigarettes.
And remember, the quality and success—and even
the presentation of your class play depend on the
number of tickets you sell.
Develop A "Cultural"
Appreciation
“It was a most enthusiastic audience,” commented
Mr. William F. Santelmann, who directed the United
States Marine band, after the matinee concert. His
observation after the evening performance would
have been comparatively as complimentary.
It may have been the uniforms, or possibly the
drummer with his variety of “toys,” but the concerts
marked one of the few occasions on which we have
been an audience truly appreciative of great artists.
But whatever the motivation, it is an excellent
beginning. Even a great artist can perform better
if he feels the enthusiasm of his listeners. When
you feel that you aren’t witnessing one of his best
performances, the fault lies partly with you. Let’s
develop a cultural appreciation.
Los Angeles City college students drank 1,500 bot-
tles of pop daily during the recent California heat
wave.
Gonzaka University’s athletic coaching staff
composed entirely of graduates of the school.
A NEW 5LM“THINGS
rOWDEfO DAT- 0CT0BfR12
Fi Beta Kapper is the name of the mock honorary
fraternity at West Virginia university.
Campus
Gossip
By 3 Snoops
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire
an old saying, but, never-
theless, it’s still true. . . From
all the racket raised over the last
edition of the paper, it seems as if
a few individuals didn’t like seeing
their names in print, or didn’t like
their true characters up before the
spotlight. . . . It’s not that
they didn’t like to see their names
in print. . . Maybe they’re just
a bit ruffled because their identity
was exposed so plainly. But some
truths are so self-evident that they
need no exposure to portray their
blase type of truth.
♦ * *
Another thing . . . Someone
seems to be awfully mad or disturb-
ed, or what have you, over the fact
that there is a lot of SNOOPIN
around in order to get the mate-
rial for this column. I say material,
for if you ever passed either the
chemistry or biology departments
and smelled something that didn’t
exactly smell so good, one is always
'told that it’s some of the materials
in the department ... so
materials fit very well in this ins-
tance.
* * *
As to exposure, just why didn’t the
United States Marines sing one of
the verses in their famous rallying
song? Maybe it was one that they
decided should be “censored” from
cur viewpoint. But if we could get
a copy of the verse, we would print
it for you, for after some of the
things already written and some
things to come, you can see what
we would censor ... if any
And while we’re on the
United States Marines, just why
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Manager, Mary Jo Raney; Feature Editor, Mary Sterne; Copy Editor, Martha McRae-
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REPORTERS
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Lee, Imogene Harris, Mary Grace Orr, Nancy Powers, Sara Reddoch, Imogene Foshee,
Annie Ruth Beasley, Mary Carolyn Norris, Mary Ellen Wallace, Mary Beth Wilbanks,
Gwendolyn Tittle, Annie Lee Jones, Frances Padgett, Sammie Darrough.
did Croley have that sick, woe-be -
gone look on her face when some
of the encores were played? And,
just incidentally, of course, we al-
ways thought that it was customary
to look forward to a concert . . .
maybe one can hear better by turn-
ing around and gazing at the side
and back . . . just a passing
wonder, that’s all.
* * *
And wonder of wonders .
What happened to Battlefield’s
mustache, why Mr. Warfield, you
should have left it on
after all, Hitler still has his, and
look what all he’s accomplished. Oh,
we almost forgot to get the latest
war news, we’ll give it to you later
last minute flashes, you
know, are always the best.
* * *
Take ole Weed for example. She
comes to Ramsay for a visit and ev-
eryone quickly falls for her mag-
netic personality. How do you do it,
Weed? Maybe it’s something that
ties in with your rendezvous after
the tea room closes every night????
These versatile phys ed majors!
Cannon wants to join the United
States Marine band—so the other
day, while supposedly studying in
the lib, she expels all her breath
into the whistle which hung about
her neck! Imagine her surprise, for
she innocently looked all around to
see who had made the noise. . .
Why not win that i$5 for yelling
“fire”, Canon? You’re well on the
road to it!
* * *
And were you at step singing the
night Beddow and Croley shined!
Everyone should have stayed a lit-
tle later and heard them play to-
gether . . on the piano . . .
and Beddow goes them one better
by starting a menagerie in her
room. Well, at least she was well on
the way there . . . with a
couple of gold fishes, a turtle, and a
trained bee . . . until she got
mad and threw the bee out the win-
dow. Be kind to dumb animals,
Mary. . . . Hewell also has
a little turtle. Now where did that
come from, Hewell? Does it go to
sleep at 11 o’clock every night you
stay in Ramsay?
♦ * *
Of course we know that one only
makes national rating in basket-
ball; but we do want to congratu-
late Canon, for she had no mistakes
on her practical exam in volley ball
... By the way . . . Why
was it that Canon and Butch wan-
dered around in the dining room
for a couple of days looking for a
place to eat? Aren’t you two girls
cute any longer?
* * *
And now you’re probably licking
your lips in unholy glee, or frothing
at the mouth . . . But we won’t
get sweet in this column this time;
but I’d still like to endorse Mr. Hen-
ning’s statement here in this re-
spect: “If the shoe fits you, then
wear it—with a grace at least, and
don’t make such a fuss over it.”
We’re trying to keep this column
clean this time, so we’d better stop
in a hurry . . . Oh, but wait!
* * 'tr
Latest war news bulletin , . .
(Continued on page 4)
Change and Exchange
Definition of an Alabama College girl—
An appetite, loosely wrapped in skirt and shirt,
placed in saddles, and tied on top with a colorful
ribbon.
—Sara Burns
* * * *
LITTLE MARY
Mary had a little slam
For everyone, and so
The leaves of her engagement book
Were always white as snow.
—De Paula
* * * *
SO THEY SAY—
—a popular person is one who enjoys being
bored.
—a conscience is a still, small voice which
has a tendency to become stiller and
smaller.
—love is like eating mushrooms. You don’t
know whether or not it’s the real thing
until it’s too late.
—De Paula
* * * *
FAST LIVID
He told the shy maid of his love
The color left her cheeks,
But on the shoulder of his coat
It showed for weeks and weeks.
—The Gateway
* * * *
This would be a different world if every-
one were as smart as he thinks he is. Some
people especially.
—Denver Clarion
* * * *
TIME CHANGES ALL THINGS
She trips; he murmurs, “Careful, sweet.”
Now wed, they tread that selfsame street:
She trips; he growls, “Pick up your feet.”
—Student Printz
* * * *
LAMENT
No use living, no gain
No use loving, all pain
No use kissing, he’ll tell
No use nothing, aw heck!
Mississippi Collegian
* ♦ * *
WIIATTA MAN
The beautiful young girl shook her head decidedly.
“No, I’m sorry. I cannot marry you. You are over
70, and I am only 16.”
The old man shrugged his shoulders. “All right,
dearie.” he sighed. “I’ll wait.”
—The Stetson Reporter
* * * *
REST IN PIECES:
If you should know of any recently deceased athe-
ist in need of an epitaph, I offer this: “Here lies an
atheist. All dressed up and no place to go.”
—De Paula’
* * * *
FARAWAY PLACES:
It was during my travels with Santa Claus that I
met that inimitable Eskimo raconteur who, as he
finished each little story, would rise to his feet, and
announce grandly, “My tale is told.”
—De Paula
* * * *
They neither swim no more—<
Three little ducks
They are dead—
Cigarettes.
—Blue Stocking
* * * *
PERSONALITY HIT PARADE
“She’s tall, she’s tan, she’s terrific.” To top all that
she’s a blond with laughing blue eyes. She is an ex-
alted senior, but she still has the curiosity of the
freshmen, the self-assurance of the sophomore, and
the knowledge of the juniors.
We see her every night in Main lobby dancing
with everyone, even the “lowly freshmen.” Every-
body agrees that she is the best dancer on the
campus.
With these hints you should be able to guess that
the first personality hit of the Alabamian is . . .
guess who !!!!!!
—S. R.
N. P.
* * * *
A miss,
A kiss;;
A lap,
A slap!
—The Haymaker
* * * *
The morons lead a happy life,
They never give a damn;
I wish I were a moron—
Oh, goody! Maybe I am!
—J. G.
* * * *
A bird sat on a
railroad track,
A train he did not see—
. . . Shredded tweet!
(Not an advertisement.)
—College Life
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
OCTOBER 16, 1939
Page 3
Popular Musical
And Romantic Duet
To Be Featured
SECOND FIDDLE — Tuesday and
Wednesday.
“Second Fiddle,” starring the fav-
orite of femininity, Tyrone Power,
and the skating speedball, Sonja
Henie, will be shown in a return
engagement by popular request at
the Strand theatre.
Sonja Henie is cast as a skating
Minnesota schoolmarm who wins a
movie talent contest. When Sonja
arrives in Hollywood she becomes
“Second Fiddle,” the victim of Ty-
rone Power, an enterprising press
agent planned romance between
Sonja and a slipping movie hero,
Rudy Vallee. Sonja mistakenly
thinks the romance is genuine, and
when she discovers the trick played
on her, returns to Minnesota and
her real love, Lyle Talbot.
Sonja is given more opportunity
to act in this picture than some be-
fore. Her skating routines carry on
their precedent of freshness and or-
iginality. Tyrone Power gives a good
account of himself. Edna Mae Oliv-
er imparts admirable wit to her
role. Mary Healy, introduced in this
picture, demonstrates an enormous
capacity to put over a song with
dash and vigor. Rudy Vallee also
gives musical interest introducing
such numbers as “I Feel So Sorry
For Myself,” “Back to Back,” “When
Winter Comes,”*and “An Old Fash-
ioned Tune Is Always New.”
INTERMEZZO: A LOVE STORY—
Thursday and Friday.
“Intermezzo: A Love Story” is a
poignantly sweet, delicately intoned
love-duet, starring Leslie Howard
and the new Swedish miracle, In-
grid Bergman.
Ingrid Bergman, a beautiful sec-
ond Garbo, is truly indescribable
and unmatched. She shows great
capacity for this so important role
thrust on her so suddenly. Leslie
Howard repeats his usual practice
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Marjorie Brown, ’36, has returned
to the University of Chicago on a
Commonwealth Fund Fellowship to
continue her graduate work in psy
chiatric case work. She spent her
vacation this summer at the State
Training School for Girls.
* * *
Elizabeth Tutwiler, ’37, entered,
the first year of medical school at
the University of Oklahoma this
fall. She reports that she is one of
three co-eds in the class.
Louise White Rice, ’30, is now
head of the Department of Public
Welfare in Dallas County.
* * *
Macy McLain, ’35, gave up teach-
ing this year to become recreation
leader for the NYA project in New-
ton, Alabama.
* * *
Mary Louise Hall ’38, attended the
University of Alabama this summer
to work toward a masters degree.
* * *
Nathalie Molton Gibbons, ’30, at-
tended the Founders Day program
on the campus October 12.
* * *
Another recent visitor to the
■campus was Linnora Harvey Whit
ten, ’14, from Washington, D. C
Mrs. Whitten has been very active
in the Washington chapter, and she
reports that they are planning a
luncheon meeting on October 20.
* * *
Martha Hanson Kilpatrick, ’36,
has a baby boy, Joe Wesley, born
September 30.
* * *
Hazel Holt Callahan, ’37, an-
nounces the birth of a son, William,
born in August.
* * *
Society 10 Years Ago in Gadsdeni
Miss Eloise Lee, who is teaching
at Alabama College in Montevallo,
recently entertained a group of stu-
dents with a picnic. Among those
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They Cannot Hide
Their Feelings
If you have trouble telling what
day of the week it is, here is a little
suggestion: Just watch the other
students and you’ll soon be able to
tell the days in this way:
Long faces, numerous yawns, and
general blues—that’s Monday.
A hurried, harried look; an ex-
pression that reads “Oh, well, the
week-end’s over, and I’ve lost a day
besides, so I’ve got to hurry”—that
spells Tuesday.
A rather placid, middle of the
week look means just that—Wed-
nesday.
Suppressed or unsuppressed ex-
citement; an air of waiting impa-
tiently; the look of “only twenty-
four more hours”—what could it be
but Thursday?
As the day wears on the ranks
thin out; the halls are empty; there
is a vacant place at almost every
table; and, paradoxically, more
noise—that’s Friday. •
Hardly anyone at breakfast, cin-
namon toast, evident enjoyment of
idleness—Saturday.
Cheese toast and a few people at
breakfast, Sunday dresses, and to-
ward night suitcases piled at door-
ways, tired faces—Sunday.
Members of the Alabamian staff are pictured above with Mr.
Santelmann, Marine Band director. They are, left to right, Jeanne
Appleton, Frances Scarbrough, Mr. Santelmann, Mary Sterne, and
Lois Anne Smith.
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“Fire away, I’m all answers.” That
was the introduction of Mr. William
F. Santelmann, second director of
the United States Marine band, in
an interview with members of the
Alabamian staff.
Mr. Santelmann is, above all, in-
terested in his players. He knows a
surprising amount of personal facts
about them. “Most of the men in
the band, other than those who are
privates, are married. The ages of
entrance into the band are from
eighteen to twenty-five years. A
player is a private when he joins
and will be advanced in rank ac-
cording to hi3 ability. A boy young-
er than eighteen may become a
member of the band if the organ-
ization is extremely anxious to have
him, and his parents approve.”
“There are many southerners in
the band,” said Mr. Santlemann.
Edward L. Masters, solo cornetist,
is a South Carolinian. There is a
Georgian, two Texans, many Vir-
ginians, but no Alabamians so far
as I know.”
Pointing to a young man who
Bright Colors Lead
In Fall Fashions
School clothes in gaudy plaid and
gay-hued rabbit hairwoolen will
blaze forth as fall advances. Dull
days will be brightened with lip-
stick red, bottle green, and all the
berry family.
Man-tailored jackets of brilliant
plaids and vivid stripes will reveal
soft textured sweaters underneath.
Skirts will swing, or appear crease-
plaited as suits the wearers fancy.
Caramel, pumpkin, rasberry
(crushed or straight) and black-
berry will no longer be confined to
the table this fall and winter. One-
piece woolen dresses in shirtwaist
types, high necks, hip interest, and
even buttoned down the back will
all help to achieve that “fashion-
right” appearance which is so nec-
essary on our campus.
Dress-up costumes tend toward
the Victorian with their shoulder
yokes, slim bodices, and high, mod-
est necklines. The hour glass figure
is important while hook and eye
fastenings are often used. Tht,
hand-span waist will come back to
its own as the season advances.
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doubled on the saxophone and the
drums, Mr. Santlemann said, “He
married a southern girl; and this
one over here has strong southern
leanings,” which speaks well for
southern belles. When asked where
he was originally from, Mr. Santel-
mann said, “I was born and reared
in Washington,” caressing the word
“Washington” only as a truly proud
citizen can.
On being asked what he and the
boys did on their vacations, Mr.
Santelmann said, “Most of us are
on furlough now. We take a restful
six weeks vacation traveling over
the country and giving two concerts
a day. It’s hard on us, but we like
it,” and we agree that they act as
if they like it.
“But really,” Mr. Santelmann
continued, “we have another two
weeks in which we can do exactly
as we please. I usually spend my -va -
cations with my wife’s relatives in
Ohio. I fish, farm, hunt, and never
think of music. You know you have
got to get away from it. As for the
boys, I’m really surprised at what
some of them do on their vacations.”
Mr. Santelmann was as gener-
ous with his time off stage as he
was with his encores on stage. He
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Societies Announce
Honor Students
In Pledge Services
Alabama College chapter of Alpha
Lambda Delta, national honorary
society for freshmen women, held
pledge service for four new memb-
ers, imo Heacock, Martha Louise
McRae, Edna Earle MUllins, and
Mattie Sue Oden, on October 5.
Alpha Lambda Delta is a national
honorary fraternity for freshmen
women, It has for its purpose the
promotion of a higher standard of
learning and the encouragement of
high scholastic attainment. Mem-
bers are chosen according to their
scholastic standing. Alabama Col-
lege chapter was founded in Feb-
ruary, 1939, with Dr. Minnie L.
Steckel, student counselor, as spon-
sor. The charter members are Sara
Barc-lift, Evelyn Chandler, Paralee
Henson, Frances Hodge, Truly Kin-
cey, Evelyn Mayhall, Dorothy Mc-
Allister, Ellen Virginia Moncrief,
Minnie Priester, Erma Louise Salter,
and Lowery Turner.
Active members include Sara
Burns, Helen Fuller, Melba Ruth
Jones, Mary Grace Orr, Dorothy
Sandlin, Mary Alice Walker, and
Mary Beth Wilbanks.
In the spring of 1938 the fratern-
ity was admitted into membership
of the American Association of Col-
lege Honor societies. Mortar Board,
is the only other woman’s organiza-
tion which has been accredited by-
that association.
Pledges to Kappa Delta Pi are
Helen Young Lewis, Eva Love Wy-
att, Lurline Thompson, Katherine
Thomason, Amand Palmer, Iris
Thomas, and Sara Christenberry.
Pledges to Omicron Nu are Rebec-
ca Smith, Lurline Thompson, and
Elise Hagood.
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THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Marine Band
(Continued from page 3)
obligingly answered, all our questions
and took time out to have his pic-
ture taken with the interviewers.
He never lost his cheerful smile nor
his youthful air of having a good
time. He has a democratic, friend-
to-everybody attitude in spite of be-
ing for sixteen years director of the
band at White House affairs, per-
sonal friend of three presidential
families, one of two musicians to
really meet the King and Queen of
England, and many other honors.
He was a friend, not a boss, to his
players, insisting that they not do
things for him which they did be-
cause they obviously like him.
Gossip
(Continued from page 2)
right off the press . . . right
on to ours! All’s quiet on the Main
line . . . The battlefield is
looking pretty badly worn. Fire
from neutral parties broke two
weeks ago . . . Campaign
called off in hope of peace with
neutral parties . . . Andrews
retreating under heavy fire . . .
Unofficial report from Warsaw—
Don’t give up the ship . . . The
war’s just begun!
* * *
We hear (by the grapevine sys-
tem and others, all unofficial)' that
the violin instructor . . . need
we say more . . . never ap-
proves of our response at concert,
lecture, or movie. Really, we didn’t
know we were so crude and unap-
preciative. At least we are educated
to prefer music to trained seals for
entertainment. Perhaps we don’t
have the same ideas on entertain-
ment as that of a stuffed-shirt.
* * *
Speaking of enlightenment . . . .
Thursday night at step singing we
had quite a bit. As you know, the
freshmen had charge of the pro-
gram, and it was pretty good, too.
Marion gave us her rendition oi
“If I Didn’t Care,” and in a jilace
or two’ it seems she sorta “lost con-
trol.’’ No slam on your voice, Mari-
ion. WE LIKE: IT.
* * *
During this number Vaughn, who
is also known as “Vet” (occasion-
ally called Nancy by her teachers)
accused everybody around her of
dropping something. She even heard
it fall. Thinking she’d play the good
samaritan, she got down to look for
it. Interrupting the program she
gave a war hoop and yelled “God-
frey! Sam’s fraternity pin!” We
bet she’s got it glued on now.
* * *
We ’uns think that the same old
feud between the juniors and the
seniors is certainly beginning early.
Of all places for it to start would
be in the smokers. Now the seniors
fixed up Ramsay smoker the first
thing . . . The juniors fol-
low suit and try to out do them in
Hanson. Don’t they know they can’t
get ahead of the seniors? We aren’t
saying a thing, but the next time,
dear juniors, you pass through Ram-
say parlor cast an eye at the little
glass case and what lies within. We
promise not to mention this again
’til May, but you can’t say we didn’t
warn you.
♦ * *
The one and only Bob Anderson
practically wore a trench in the
Union station at Montgomery on
the night of the Auburn-Southern
game, surely a Montevallo girl
wouldn’t stand him up An
Auburn man at that!
* * *
Fanny Norton surely knows how
to visualize war news broadcast. The
other night she was half asleep—in
came a mosquito buzzing around.
The noise disturbed her so she
jumped up and yelled ‘H . . Hitler!”
Are you worried about the war,
Fanny?
* * *
“A burnt child is always the one
who has the most scars in the long
run” ... so bye now . . .
We can take it, so come on with
your criticism . . . Our scars
from the last issue are healed, so
we’re ready for some more now.
Anyway, a good time was had by
all, and it would be safe to assume
that a lot of you would just love to
write a column of your own . . .
and have it published too
Why don’t you- . . . Everyone
can contribute to this column you
know.
* * *
Nite chillun . . . Ye old
campus snoop is now signing off.
May I wish all of you pleasant
dreams! ! !
Movies
(Continued from page 3)
of giving an extraordinary perform-
ance. These two, with Edna Best,
John Holiday, Ann Todd, and others
draw an outstanding movie from a
hackneyed theme.
The central figure is Holger
Brandt (Mr. Howard), an interna-
tionally recognized violin virtuoso,
who returns home from a long con-
cert tour to settle down with his
wife (Miss Best) and family. His
daughter (Ann Todd) has been tak-
ing piano lessons from a teacher
(Ingrid Bergman).
Anita, the teacher, falls in love
with Holger and realizes the sin of
such a situation tries to break away
from him. Instead, Holger deserts
his family, and he and Anita stage
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a triumphantly successful concert
tour. When divorce papers are
brought against Holger, Anita fin-
ally has the courage to leave him.
After this Holger attempts a recon-
ciliation with his family.
“Intermezzo” is truly a great pic-
ture. Everything that sentiment,
music, soft lighting, and effects can
do have been done for “Intermezzo”
making it one of the tenderest pro-
ductions of recent months. If you
have tears, shed them for this “In-
termezzo” of love.
Alumnotes
Some 52,000 cigarettes were used,
by Williams college fraternities dur-
ing rushing season this fall.
Patronize the Alabamian’s adver-
tisers. They make the paper.
(Continued from page 3)
from Gadsden who attended were
Misses Dorothy Davies, Dorothy
Bandy, Elizabeth Powell, Elizabeth
Kilgore, Merle Taylor, Josephine
Ford, and Miss Margaret Copeland
and Miss Helen Forgey, of Attalla—
Reprint from Gadsden TIMES.
The Gadsden Alumnae Chapter
met October 11 to elect a delegate
to attend the Chapter Conference
in Montevallo October 20-21.
Recent marriages of alumnae in-
clude those of:
Gladys Martin, ’25, assistant sup-
erintendent of the Girls Training-
School, to Mr. Baggett. Mr. Baggett
is connected with the Boys Train-
ing School.
Dorothy Waits, ’37, to John Thom-
son MCAllister October 8. They are
making their home in Neptune, New
Jersey.
Jane Howell, ’37, to Thomas Bvurks
Huie in October. They will be at
home in Washington, D. C., where
Mr. Huie is practicing law.
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WHO’S
WHO
The Alabamian
ELITE
NIGHT
Alabama College, the State College for Women
VOLUME XVII
Z 7
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, OCTOBER 30, 1939
NUMBER 5
Twelve Seniors
Are Selected
ForWho’sWho
Outstanding Leaders of
Campus Will Appear
In 1939-40 Yearbook
Twelve seniors, outstanding in
scholarship and campus activities,
have been nominated to WHO’S
WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN
AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND
COLLEGES.
The students were elected from a
group of outstanding seniors by the
student executive board. They in-
clude Birdie Margaret Moorer, edi-
tor of the TECHNALA; Bettie Ar-
chibald, president of student Sen-
ate; Jean Letson, chairman of Pres-
idents council; Elouise Peck, presi-
dent of Athletic association; Celia
Methvin, president of student gov-
ernment; Martha Terry, president
of the senior class; Mildred Clot-
felter, president of Y. W. C. A.;
Frances Scarbrough, editor of the
ALABAMIAN; Mary Diamond, pres-
ident of B. S. U.; Barbara Peck,
senior representative to the execu-
tive board; Elizabeth Stanley, presi-
dent of International Relations
club and dance group; and Eva Love
Wyatt, campus musician for 1938-
39.
The purpose of WHO’S WHO is
to serve as an incentive to students
to get the most out of their college
careers, as a means of compensa-
tion to students for what they have
already done as a recommendation
to the business world, and as a
standard of measurement for stu-
dents comparable to such agencies
as Phi Beta Kappa and the Rhodes
scholarship award.
This year WHO’S WHO is offer-
ing an additional service to stu-
dents as well as American business
concerns by making available to
such concerns of the United States
and Canada a complete index of
America’s outstanding students.
To be included in WHO’S WHO a
student must have a combination of
qualities including character, lead-
ership in extra curricular activities,
scholarship, and potentialities of
future usefulness to business and
society.
Names of the nominees will ap-
pear in the 1939-40 edition of
WHO’S WHO.
Sociology Classes
Announce Plans
The sophomore sociology classes
have planned an extensive program
of trips and speakers for this se-
mester.
Several features of the program
have already taken place. Among
those to come will be a trip to the
model Skyline farms in Scottsboro,
Saturday, November 4. These farms,
formerly old and worn out, have
been completely rejuvenated by the
Federal Housing administration.
Modern conveniences and new
buildings are doing a great deal to
revive them.
Some of the other activities are
found in the fields of health, ec-
onomic conditions, and prison con-
ditions. In late November a pro-
gram on “Economic Conditions of
Rural Families in Alabama” is
scheduled with Miss Edna Proctor
as speaker under the auspices of the
A. A. U. W. Movies and lectures
will help investigation in the field
of health during December. A high-
light of January is the trip to be
made to Kilby Prison in Mont-
gomery.
A lecture on the state parole sys-
tem by Colonel W. E. Persons,
sponsored by the A. A. U. W., will
follow this trip. The program as
a whole contains many other fea-
tures which will be announced
later.
The members of each of the
classes, working in committees,
plan other programs in which they
will present material in the form
of lectures, pictures, and movies as
part of the regular class program.
Pussy Gets Bounced
Forlorn Kitten Seeks Haven
Among the Halloween Dancers
Until His 'Punch Idea Fails
“Ding dong bell, pussy’s in the
well!” Now if pussy had fallen in
the well that held the punch at the
Athletic association’s Halloween
party on October 20, which she did-
n’t, it would have been a catas-
trophe !
The Athletic association, already
famous for their humane treatment
of members of the feline family,
turned a cold shoulder to the skin-
ny little kitten who crashed the
party simply by walking uncon-
cernedly in the door; but many
people bent low to rub the fur of
the uninvited guest whose purr was
a little squeaky due to malnutri-
tion.
“A cat must have nine lives” or
else that kitty came out of the
dance still alive and grinning by
a miracle. Many were the heavy
feet that bruised her poor bones
while kitty wended her way to the
well of punch. Now indeed curiosity
almost killed the cat, for kitty
climbed to the side of the well and
gazed longingly into the cool orange
ocean. Daintily stepping nearer the
edge, she slipped and SPLASH
would have fallen in, but someone’s
long arm dashed up. Next thing she
knew she was “out in the cold
again’’ shaking her head and mew-
ing, “Well, it’s certainly a caffe;
life.”
Freshmen Present
"Fresh Fields”
As Initial Play
Britain vs. Australia — the uni-
corns vs. the kangaroos. Palmer hall
will be the scene of this battle when
the freshmen present “Fresh Fields”
by Ivor Norvello, Saturday, Novem-
ber 4. The cast promises a “fight
to the finish.”
Rose Weaver is serving as chair-
man for the properties and costum-
ing committee. Her helpers are
Helen Kent, Johnny Carlisle, Ade-
line McClendon, Lomie May, Laura
Lewis, and Katie Lane Russell.
Dorothy Coleman, chairman, and
Estrid England, assistant chairman,
head the staging committee. Other
workers are Dorothy Tarpley, Helen
Tatum, Josephine Martin, Adeline
McClendon, Mary Bentley Lowe,
Rebecca Averyt, Helen Kent, John-
ny Carlisle, Kathryn Jones, Beulah
Crawford, Marjorie Paulk, Burke
Land, Rosa Tusa, Helen Botsford,
Katherine Glass, and Jean Allen.
Margaret Cook is responsible for
lighting. Freshmen on this commit-
tee are Mary Crane, Claire Foscue,
Lomie May, Merle Riddle, Marian
Simpler, and Laura Lewis.
Dr. Walter H. Trumbauer an-
nounces general tryouts for “The
Well of Saints” by James Milling-
ton Singe, which will be presented
by the College theatre.
Campus Press Leaders
Attend Iowa Convention
Birdie Margaret Moorer and El-
len Preuit, editor and business man-
ager of the TECHNALA; Frances
Scarbrough and Mary Jo Raney,
editor and business manager of the
ALABAMIAN, attended the Associ-
ated Press convention in Des
Moines, Iowa, October 26, 27, and
28.
Mayor L. Conkling of Des Moines
welcomed the delegates at the open-
ing convocation.
Round table discussions of journ-
alist questions were planned to give
the delegates new ideas concerning
their work. A convention banquet
was given with j. N. “Ding” Dar-
ling, nationally syndicated cartoon-
ist, and Governor George Wilson of
Iowa as speakers.
Delegates whose main interest
was in photography heard a special
lecture by George Yates, veteran
head of the photography depart-
ment of the Des Moines REGISTER
AND TRIBUNE,
The Associated Press convention
is held each year in one of the
larger cities.
Tuesday, October 31—‘Student
Body Meeting.
Thursday, November 2i—Convo-
cation.
Saturday, November 4—Fresh-
man Play, “Fresh Fields.”
Kappa Delta Pi Tea Dance.
Monday, November 6—Lecturer,
Mrs. Mildred Morgan.
Reception for Home Econom-
ics Majors.
Thursday, November 9—Convo-
cation.
Elite Night.
Saturday, November 11—Armis-
tice Program.
Armistice Dance by Athletic
Association.
Fashion Show Gives
Previews of Fall
And Winter Styles
A cross-section of the fall and
winter modes was shown October 23
when the senior retail majors pre-
sented a fashion show. Eva Love
Wyatt played accompanying music,
and Nell Wooten, Gladys Fuller,
and Annie Mae Paulk read as the
models, dressed exclusively in styles
on sale in Montevallo stores, ex-
hibited casual school clothes, fussy
afternoon frocks, sissy housecoats,
and smart coats and suits.
Skirts, sweaters and sport dresses
are the forms that school togs take.
Grace Jones modeled a crushed
raspberry, grosgrain bound sweater
and black skirt. Mary Crosthwaite
wore a teal blue, polka-dotted sport
frock with an all-round pleated
skirt, and Thelma Faye Roberts
was dressed in a red plaid spun
rayon casual dress. Mildred Eng-
land’s dress was a silver buttoned,
oxford gray school frock with a
gailf embroidered bolera. Virginia
Bolin showed a red and i navy plaid
spun rayon dress.
Sports Clothes are Featured
Marion Hughes wore a red skirt
with white handknit sweater em-
broidered in red and blue. Rachel
Bush modeled a rust tweed skirt
with green slipover sweater. Bettie
Archibald modeled a mustard crepe
with tailored buttons and braided
front. Virginia McGriff’s dress was
green rabbit’s hair wool with gold
buttons, white pique collar, and
bustle back. Annie Boyd Parker ex-
hibited a wine Parkerwild wool
pleated skirt with brown suede
jacket. Margaret Reddoch showed
a teal skirt, blue striped rayon
blouse, and wine suede jacket.
All varieties of afternoon dresses
were seen. Eva Green wore a black
silk dress with white embroidered
pique collar and cuffs and glass
buttons, and a bustle back hat.
Louise Caraway modeled a black
swing skirt frock with pearl trim-
med pockets and belt. Marion Brad-
ford was seen in a black dress trim-
med in kelly green and rust with
a bias flared skirt. Carolyn Robin-
son wore a royal blue trapunto
quilted frock. Dorothy Coleman
was dressed in black crepe, velvet
bodiced, bustle back model, trimmed
in red and blue. Dorothy Jean Gil-
bert showed a blue crepe dress with
bustle back and a metal flower or-
nament.
Pajamas Are Modeled
Intimate clothes included house-
coats and pajamas. Edith Dees wore
a blue and white striped satin robe
with bustle back. Jean Farr model-
ed a sleek cerise satin, zipper front,
puff sleeved housecoat. Ida Moore
was dressed in a house robe of black,
green, and lavender printed taffeta.
Frances Norton sported man tail-
ored, blue and wine printed pajamas
with adjustable French waist band.
Emily Pratt wore a Virginia Hart
celanese robe and carried a lace-
ruffle trimmed slip.
Coats and suits were representa-
tive mostly of dress types. Marjorie
Brown modeled a wine coat with
Persian lamb trim, and a black felt
hat with snood. Luverne Williams
wore wine fitted coat with black
lapin bodice front and flared skirt.
Carolyn Berry showed a red suede
raincoat and cap and figured oiled
silk umbrella. Claudine McAdams
was dressed in a crushed raspberry
(Continued on page 4)
Editor of Technala Announces
Novel Plan For Selection
Of Campus Beauties and Elite
Birdie Margaret Moorer,
above, is editor of the TECH-
NALA, which sponsors Elite
Night, November 9. (Yeager
Studios.)
Madame Metzelthin
Presents Habits
Of Foreign People
Madame Pearl Violette Metzel-
thin, lecturer on dress and food
habits of all parts of the world,
will present new ideas of other
peoples to her audience when she
speaks tonight on “Five Times
Around the World as a Diplomat’s
Wife.”
Madame Metzelthin, lecturer,
radio commentator on international
relations, food, and dress, traveler
and nutritionist, has a great variety
of information which she delivers
with unusual charm and lively in-
terest. She belives in strengthening
international bonds of friendship
through women and an increased
knowledge of living habits of dif-
ferent national groups. She has
lectured over the radio in six na-
tions and as many languages on
international relations, health, and
nutrition. She holds degrees in
medical science and nutrition from
the Universities of Berlin and Gene-
va.
Madame Metzelthin is having in-
formal discussions and lectures for
nutrition classes today and tomor-
row. She is speaking on “Dietetics
in China, Germany, France, Siam,
and South Africa,” and “The World
Keeps House” to these smaller
groups. Madame Metzelthin will
give a special program to the In-
ternational Relations club at noon
tomorrow. Those especially inter-
ested may attend these special lec-
tures held at various times during
the day.
Stepsinging Broadcast
Goes on Air November 2
Spontaneity and informality1 will
be the keynote of the first step-
singing broadcast, Thursday night,
November 2, at 9 o’clock, by remote
control over WAPI.
The program will be unrehearsed
and will seek to show the radio
audience the enjoyment which the
students seem to find. Future pro-
grams will depend upon the success
of the first one.
Popular songs, as well as tradi-
tional college songs, will make up
the program.
The stepsinging broadcast grows
from a plan by the college to in-
itiate an “Alabama College School
of the Air.” The art department,
under the direction of Miss Dawn
S. Kennedy, is sponsoring a series
of programs whereby groups of
people over the state who are inter-
ested in art may receive instruc-
tion by radio. Plans of each broad-
cast will be sent to the leaders of
these groups so that they may have
the necessary materials.
Plans are being made for music
participation broadcasts under the
direction of Mrs. Josephine Waller,
high school supervisor.
Scientist Will Replace
Sophisticate In Group
Of Campus Favorites
Final decisions concerning campus
elite and beauties will be made by
the student body at Ellite Night,
November 9. Plans for the annual
performance at 8 o’clock in Palmer
hall have been announced by Birdie
Margaret Moorer, editor of the
TECHNALA and sponsor of the pro-
gram.
Candidates will appear before the
audience on a circular, revolving
disc. Introductions will be included
in poetry written and arranged by
Madie Bell Ward, editor of the
TOWER, and presented by the
speech chorus under the direction
of Miss Ellen-Haven Gould, pro-
fessor of speech.
ELITE NIGHT PETITIONS
Petitions for all Elite Night
candidates — scientist, actress,
artist, executive, athlete, musi-
cian, writer, hostess, and Miss
Alabama College — must be
handed to Birdie Margaret
Moorer in 309 Ramsay by 6
o’clock, Thursday, November 2.
Each petition must be signed by
fifty people. One person may
sign more than one petition.
The twenty beauties, selected by
Mr. Maltby Sykes, artist from Bir -
mingham, will depict the beauty of
night, dawn, noonday, and twilight.
From this number the student body
will elect six to be featured as the
campus beauties in the TECHNALA.
The remaining fourteen students
in the feature pages will be campus
favorites. This year a school scien-
tist will replace the former Miss
Sophisticate. The candidate for
scientist need not be a science ma-
jor. Any students who have studied
science or have contributed to the
field of science are eligible. Other
candidates will represent the cam-
pus artist, actress, executive, ath-
lete, musician, writer, hostess, and
Miss Alabama College.
Nominations are to be made by
petitions signed by fifty students.
Nominees will be posted as1 petitions
are received.
Department Stores
Employ Students
Six junior retail home economics
majors began their work at Love-
man, Joseph, and Loeb’s, Saturday,
October 7. The girls began in the
receiving room of the store, label-
ing packages, and were later es-
tablished in special departments.
Marguerite Atchison was placed
in the basement hosiery and under-
wear department; Claudine Mc-
Adams in the jewelry department;
Rachel Bush in the children’s de-
partment; Frances Mims, blouses
and neckwear department; Helen
Weed, hosiery department; and
Grace Jones, hosiery department.
Miss Josephine Eddy, head of the
home economics department, has
made arrangements for her senior
retail majors to work at Davis and
Paxon’s in Atlanta, November 12 to
December 23.
They are Annie Jean O’Daniel,
Elizabeth Young, Elizabeth Baker,
Norma Hermann, Marie Orr, and
Elise Hagood.
Girl Scout Little House
To Be Scene of Feast
Hot, home-made pancakes with
syrup and sausage, or bacon! Don’t
they make your mouth water? And
you can get some, too. The Girl
Scout council will serve pancake
suppers at the Little House Wed-
nesday and Thursday, November
1-2, from 5 to 8 o’clock.
Tickets may be obtained for a
small sum from Mrs. E. P. Hood
or Miss Edythe Saylor.
Page 2
OCTOBER 30, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
EDITORIALS
Let's Keep Up Our
Appearance
How often we note this paradox among the stu-
dents : The girl who dresses with infinite care for the
concert, in hopes that she may attract the attention
of one of the artists, is the same student who comes
to the library, bearing a very obvious, outstanding
resemblance to an apparition from Mars.
Consciousness of the appearance and effect of
rolled-up hair, slouchy, badly-kept clothes, and such
matters is, as is taste, an individual matter. Every
year, however, some individuals or groups feel the
need for the establishment of definite campus stan-
dards along such lines, since we are so much judged
by details of appearance.
The Senate struck upon this problem this year
for particular concentration, being anxious to select
some significant work with a campus-wide scope.
“We feel that we have fulfilled these exactions in
choosing the building of standards for the library,
auditorium, and dining room,” announced Madie
Bell Ward, publicity chairman.
The task is a three-fold one, and is dependent on
campus consciousness of student behavior and ap-
pearance for its success.
A Plea To Our Elders
“I shall finish college in June.
“My classmates and I will have reached the cul-
mination of four years of insurmountable desires—
both our own and those of our parents and friends.
“Many nights have been spent in wondering—
where will I work next year? Will I get married?
Ixow much money can I expect on my first job?
Shall I take the first position offered me?” Many,
many thoughts have winged through our crowded
heads. Everything that spells freedom to the college
graduate piles up and suggests what we may think
to be the true path to success.
We know the world does not owe us a living. No!
We’re willing to work long and hard. We’re eager to
share the responsibility that belongs to every Ameri-
can citizen. We know we can’t set the world on fire.
Too many things have molded our lives into paths
of practicality for us to lean towarl the spectacular.
We’re content to do our own jo£s well.
The depression caught us—the war babies—and
played havoc with any security that might have
been ours. We know security to be as ethereal a
thing as the democracy our fathers fought for in
the Great war. Our universal prayer is Peace—
Peace as a cornerstone upon which to build our
lives. We ask no greater gift of the older genera-
tion.
We know that we are lacking in the experience
of our fathers. Is our ignorance a crime? Be sure
that we will look long and well at any measure that
suggests war. We don’t blame you for the last one.
You were only misguided, and a little foolish. But
don’t feed us Democracy and Patriotism on postage
stamps and baby bonds—they turn to gall.
<Tes, we do love our country. To us, the United
States is the greatest country on earth. We never
fail to thrill when the flag goes by. “The Star
Spangled Banner” makes us catch breath and thank
God for a country like ours. What we want is peace
for a long enough period to build permanently—
for God.
There are three classes of us: Those who wish to
marry, those who wish to work, and those who wish
to continue study. Will you let us do it? It is in
your power. Shall our husbands, our employers, and
our professors fall prey to the same destruction that
roamed the earth twenty odd years ago?
Before God, we say to you, the Older Generation,
that if the Pour Horsemen that fertilize the battle
fields, fill the hospitals, and overwhelm the ceme-
teries, ride once more—you will have to go. You
have been kind to us in your way. You gave us our
education for living, but you may have failed to give
us life if you send us to war.
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"Here I Am A Stranger” Leads New Series
Of Outstanding Productions At Strand
By Jeanne Appleton
BLACKMAIL—Tuesday and Wed-
nesday.
“Blackmail,” starring Edward G.
Robinson, is another crime story
success. It is realistic, almost sor-
did.
Edward G. Robinson is sent to
a chain gang for a crime he did not
commit. Here he is given all man-
ner of abuse, enough to make the
audience weep for Robinson’s
plight. Robinson scores another hit
in this role.
This picture has one of the year’s
most extraordinary pieces of act- ’
ing by Gene Lockhart, who is cast
as a seemingly timid , and shy man,
but is really a heartless, ruthless
extortionist. This is a new slant on
the screen villain.
This is a picture worth seeing. It
exposes one of our worst social
problem, the treatment and punish-
ment of law breakers.
* * *
HERE I AM A STRANGER—Com-
ing soon.
“Here I Am a Stranger,” with
Richard Green, Richard Dix, and
Brenda Joyce, is a “son-of-divorce”
movie. Richard Green is the son,
separated from his father, Richard
Dix, when he was a baby.
Richard Green has been brought
up in a world of wealth and social
station, furnished by his mother’s
Gladys George, remarriage to
George Zucco. When Richard goes
to Stafford university, his wealthy
friends are surprised at his lack
of discrimination in choosing
friends, especially Brenda Joyce,
tomboy daughter of Roland Young,
professor.
Richard is reunited with his fath-
er, Richard Dix, a drunken, jobless
newspaperman, when he learns he
and Roland Young were school- .
mates. Misplaced blame in a hit-
and-run accident and other compli-
cations and their solution close the
picture with a bang.
Coming soon is “And the Rains
Came,” starring Tyrone Power and
Myrna Loy. This movie is an adapt-
ation of Louis Bromfield’s great
novel of the same name.
“Hollywood Calvalcade” is booked
for showing in a few days. This
is a review of movie history star-
ring Don Ameche and Alice Faye.
There is a reversion to the old pie-
throwing, slap-stick type of comedy
used in motion pictures of the
twenties.
“Stanley and Livingston” will be
presented in the near future. This
is the true story of a great mis-
sionary and his adventures among
African heathens. Richard Green
and Spencer Tracey are cast in the
title roles.
Campus
Gossip
By 3 Snoops
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of Congress, approved October 22, 1931. Subscription Rate: $1.00 per year for faculty
members, alumnae, and friends.
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief, Frances Scarbrough; Managing Editor, Lois Anne Smith- Business
Manager, Mary Jo Raney; Feature Editor, Mary Sterne; Copy Editor Martha McRae-
Speech Editor, Jeanne Appleton; Sports Editor, Sara Harris; Club Editor Nancv
Weems; Society Editor, Frances Roberts; Advertising Managers, Ollis Mills, Amanda
Keelyn, Margaret Cook; Circulation Managers, Charlotte Meinwald, Lois Maples-
Typist, Forrest Branscombe.
REPORTERS
Evelyn Weldon, Mary Rogers, Carolyn Jenkins, Peggy Kirk, Margaret Ritter Margaret
Lee, Imogene Harris, Mary Grace Orr, Nancy Powers, Sara Reddoch, Imogene Foshee
Gwendolyn Tittle, Annie Lee Jones, Frances Padgett, Sammie Dorrough, Mary Sue Ed ’
wards, Virginia Martin, Margaret Dean Harris, Virginia Riddle, Fauvette Taylor Caro-
lyn Breaux, Lilias Heblon, Berneese Dison, Jeanne Espy, Melba Ruth Jones, Dorothv
Sandlin, Frances Norris, Mary Edna Wallace, Frances Owens, Willanise Green
Annie Ruth Beasley, Mary Carolyn Norris, Mary Beth Wilbanks,
Geraldine Hollis, Sara Burns, Jean Childress, Lucy Pegues.
Hello chilluns—Even in the midst
of busy campus activities, pending
nine weeks exams, and exciting war
news, ye old campus snoopers have
not shirked their duty (or shall we
say snooping?). ... So we’re back
on the job to give you a rare taste
of campus news. Settle back in your
easy chair while we whisper in your
ear.
I’m sure we were all a wee bit en-
vious of Ellen Preuit, Birdie Mar-
garet Moorer, Mary Jo Raney, and
our editor when they left for Des
Moines Wednesday morning. We
know they will have a fine time.
Can’t wait to hear all about it. . . .
By the by, ask Birdie Margaret why
she needed a canoe to get around in
her room the night before she left.
What’s this we hear about Helen
Weaver?. . . . Now, Weaver, exact-
ly what do you mean by running out
of Ramsay with a mirror in your
hand? . . . Can that mean the light
in your room is insufficient, or is
it just a new beauty trick?
We hear that the latest romance
is that of Frances Page. . . . Now,
“Pagie,” what do you mean by keep-
ing it a secret?. . . Is he coming
down Saturday night after home-
coming at the University?
We wonder why Gerry Camp has
such an interest in Klotzman’s late-
ly. .. . Shall we tell?
McPhail was certainly floored Fri-
day night when Adolescent Alley
gave her a surprise birthday party.
Amand Palmer confesses that this
year she’s done two things she’s
never done before. . . . Being in a
play (senior play) and taking a
part in the intramural debates. It’s
(Continued on page 3)
Change and Exchange
HERE’S TO:
Dr. Pierson
And the life she lives.
Sure, we love her
But not the tests she gives.
* * * *
SHORT STORY OF THE WEEK
Freshman: Mary is the girl back home, and I love
her dearly.
Sophomore: Mary is the girl back home I write to.
Junior: Mary is the girl back home.
Senior: Mary is a girl’s name.
—The Western Courier
* * * *
Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might
Marry a millionaire I like.
—Quoted by special permission from Mary Ware.
# * * *
PERSONALITY HIT PARADE
“Jim Jam Jump on the Jumpin’ Jive.” This song
reminds us of our favorite campus jitterbug. She
is the tops when it comes to jooking. In fact, she
is such a good dancer that you can’t even see her
at the Field House dances, for she is always com-
pletely surrounded by the stag line.
The personality hit of the week is rather small.
She looks as though she might have that 17-inch
waist like Scarlet, you know. She may also be
classified as one of those knowing juniors. She lives
on “Adolescent Alley.” Now can you guess who? ? ?
—N. P., S. R.
Roses are red, violets are blue
I like spinach, can you swim? ?
? ?
I think that I shall never see ♦
A “D” as lovely as a “B.”
“D’s are made by fools like me;
Only apple polishers can make a “B.”
.—The Collegian.
* * * *
POME HOME TO MOM AND POP
Some news from home would be quite nice
And food would make life sunny,
But if you’re bent on spreading joy,
Please send a little money!
—Florida Flambeau
* * * *
Sweet can balance acid—
So the scientists say,
And a soft answer
Turneth wrath away.
Sweet soft remarks
Here in verse we’ll make,
So from Campus Snoop
Some sting we’ll take.
“Hersheys’’ for the maestro
-» Dr. Trumbauer by name,
Who despite work on “The Barber”
Remains so lovably sane.
“Snickers” for Dr. McCloskey
But more need 'be said,
’Tis only ’cause he makes us think
And that makes us see1 red.
“25 Carat’’ to Miss Florey
Speech is an ideal way.
“Dreams” to Dr. Vickery
Sleep those headaches away.
“Three Musketeers” to the campus',
That’ll be three men more,
And due to the depression
The rate has gotten lower.
* * * *
DAFFYNISHUNS:
Sugar daddy—a form of crystallized sap.
Date—much coveted, sticky to eat, and heck to
break.
Marsh—between February and April.
Hose—rubber filled with water; silk filled with
legs.
Operetta—a girl who says, “Number, please.”
Oboe—an ill woodwind that nobody blows good.
Beckon—part of the hog usually served with eggs.
Marriage—public announcement of secret inten-
tions.
Parasites—inhabitants of Paris.
Quack doctor—one who looks after ducks.
Grass widow—the wife of a dead vegetarian.
—Ward-Belmont Hyphen.
Letter to the Editor
Editor, THE ALABAMIAN:
May I make a suggestion?
Since the pecans are ripe, it would be a lot of
fun if the faculty and students could have the op-
portunity of picking them on their daily outings
around the campus. Heretofore, the nuts have been
picked for use in the dining room. We had just as
soon have ours in the shell and, in the process,
take some surplus off our waistlines in picking them
up.
So, our suggestion to “Whoever-it-may-concern”
is—let ’em lie so the weary professors and harassed
students can have a pick-me-up.
Cordially yours,
A NUT-EATER.
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
OCTOBER 30, 1939
Page 3
Retail Club Heads
Recent Activity
Of Campus Groups
Retailing Club
The Home Economics Retailing
club entertained, with a weiner
roast at the barbecue pit on the
grounds of the home of Dr. and
Mrs. A. P. Harman, October 23. The
club made their plans for the 1939-
40 session.
Officers of the club are Eloise
Martin, president; Marguerite At-
chison, vice-president; Allee Rob-
bins, secretary-treasurer; and Fran-
ces Roberts, publicity chairman.
Secretarial Club
A large crowd attended the Sec-
retarial club picnic given at Big
Springs, Friday, October 20, from
4:30 to 7 o’clock. The highlight of
the evening was the fairy tale pan-
tomime with Miss Lelah Brownfield,
Miss Bertie McGhee, and Miss Min-
nie B. Tracey of the secretarial de-
partment, giving outstanding per-
formances.
Supper was eaten around a camp
fire. Mary Grace Orr, Melba Ruth
Jones, and Louise Bush were in
charge of the arrangementsi for the
picnic.
Kappa Mu Epsilon
Kappa Mu Epsilon, honorary math-
ematics fraternity, will hold its
second meeting of the year, Mon-
day, October 30. The mathemati-
cally inclined committee announce
the following program: A talk on
“Versatile Mathematicians” by Mary
Alma Garrison;” “Mathematical
Anecdotes” by Amand Palmer; and
mathematical games under the di-
rection of Annie Mae Paulk.
Dr. Rosa Lee Jackson is the fac-
ulty adviser.
French Club
An interesting musical program
was given at the first meeting of
the French club, Wednesday night,
October 18. The program, arranged
by Barbara Sims, included a solo,
L’ARIA FROM JOAN D’ARC, by
Edith Dees, and a piano selection,
CLAIR DE LUNE, by the French
impressionist, Debussy, given by
Frances Dauphin. Following this
part of the program, the entire
group sang French songs.
Presbyterian Students
The Presbyterian students have
elected officers for a local chapter
of the Presbyterian Student asso-
ciation. Installation service will
follow a supper in the church, Sun-
day night, October 29, at 6:30.
Under the leadership of Mar-
guerite Denny, president, the Pres-
byterian Student association hopes
to bring all Presbyterian students
closer to the church. Officers are
May Lyman Woods, vice-president;
Joan Franklin, secretary; and Mittie
Byrd Dismukes, treasurer.
Chairmen of the various commit-
tees are: Membership, Lucy Pegues;
Social, Carolyn Berry; Finance,
Pauline Collum; Music, Aline Jones;
Project, Marguerite Atchison; Dra-
matics, Carolyn Norris; Publicity,
Peggy Kirk; State Convention, Imo
Heacock; Publication, Laura Fran-
ces Jones; and Program, Delle Mul-
lin.
Faculty advisers are Miss Marga-
ret Flory, Miss Helen Parks, and
Mr. W. J. Kennedy.
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McCULLEY’S
The Women Have Roman Holiday
Tangling, Untangling Plots
Of Money and Man Troubles
Reminiscent of THE WOMEN was
the rehearsal of “Fresh Fields,”
the freshman play, witnessed by
ALABAMIAN feature writers on
Wednesday night, October 25. Aside
from the numerous members of the
weaker sex on the stage, the “catty”
lines flung out by each, and the
set that promises to be unusual and
spacious, there is an air of sophis-
tication and smartness about “Fresh
Fields.”
There were indications of at
least two love plots which, reading
between the lines, suggest a happy
ending. An economic problem pre-
sents itself; as do the English ac-
cents of several of the players; and
the manish stride of one chubby
actress who plays the hero; Peggy
Kirk as the butler, Ludlow, looking
“veddy” British; Director Warfield
pacing the floor. How these pieces
fit together will be revealed when
the freshman class presents “Fresh
Fields” on November 4.
Gossip
(Continued from page 2)
a cinch, Amand, you can’t learn
any younger!
Happenings at the practice home
. . . . Seems as though Mary Helen
Moore has an art in fixing hair. She
was fixing Martha Terry’s one day,
and Miss Heap suggested that she
must fix her’s sometime. Mary
Helen replied, “I can fix it a cute
way, or had you rather I’d do it
the same way you fix it?”.. . . Mary
Allison was waxing the floors at the
house one day. Right in front of
Miss Heap’s door she put an extra
amount. “Mary,” said Miss Heap,
“you put enough there to break my
neck.” Mary innocently replied,
“Yeah, I thought about that.”
On Founder’s Day Martha Terry
rushed home to get her cap and
gown. She grabbed up a gown, and
it was too short. . . . She ripped
out the hem. Later she found out
the gown belonged to Jerrene.
We think when you get to college
it’s time to drop all baby talk. . . .
What do you think, Jean Fletcher?
Main must be an exciting place
in which to live. The other night
two freshmen were asked what had
been happening there. They re-
plied, “Nothing except fire drills
and people falling down fire es-
capes.”
Gwen Tittle is assembling quite
a collection of musical instruments
as a result of the recent appear-
ance of the Marine band. To date
she has received a xylophone and
drum. . . from a friend of her’s in
the band.
Mary Rogers is the world’s worst
on keeping her week-ends straight.
It seems that when she has one
date, another shows up. . . . Pop-
ular gal.
We offer congratulations to Nor-
ma Hermann. She received a beau-
tiful ring last Saturday night
(yeah, the kind every senior longs
for).
Add orchids to Mr. Jones-Wil-
liams for this kind remark about
us: “The girls aren’t different-
they just keep in step with the
times.”
And we wonder why our manag-
ing editor, incidentally editor for
this issue, looks startled when a
band strikes up the “National Em-
blem.” Eh, Lois Anne?
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Stars of Many Broadway
Shows Make Appearance
On Artist Program
The woman who founded the
Civic Repertory theatre of New
York, wrote a best selling auto-
biography, holds many honorary de-
grees, and other accomplishments,
Eva LeGallienne, will be presented,
November 20, in Ibsen’s “Hedda
Gabler” Earl Larimore, an
actor of extraordinary versatility.
Mr. Larimore, boyishly charm-
ing, is much more handsome than
he allows himself to be on the
stage. His hair verges on red, and
he grins engagingly. In spite of
his youthfulness, there is nothing
immature about his interpretation
of a part. Mr. Larimore’s long time
star position with the New York
theatre guild is indicative of his
high acclaim in the theatre world.
Larimore Advises Actors
“There’s a whole lot more to
playing a part than just studying
the lines,” is Mr. Larimore’s advice
to aspiring actors. The reactions
of his audiences fascinate him.
“Women,” he says, “seem to get the
subtle parts better than men. At
least I feel they do.” Mr. Larimore
has been professionally associated
with such royalty of the stage as
Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontaine, Dud-
ley Digges, Helen Westley, and Ed-
ward G. Robinson. He has dis-
tinguished himself in numerous
O’Neill dramas. Larimore is famous
for his radio drama.
Mr. Larimore and Miss LeGal-
lienne both praise highly the re-
vival of stage plays on the road as
an opportunity for the restoration
of definite cultural and recreational
features of the community. Miss
LeGallienne says that audiences
are not only enthusiastic and eager
for plays, but they are discriminat-
ing and exacting. They have been
made so by seeing a great many
of splendidly done motion pictures
along with the few that are not
so good.
LeGallienne is Widely Acclaimed
Miss LeGallienne is among the
first ladies of the theatre. She has
come from her first part as a color-
ed maid in “Mrs. Boltay’s Daugh-
ter,” through triumphant successes
such as “Peter Pan,” “Romeo and
Juliet,” and “Camille,” to her work
today of making America theatre-
minded. She was widely acclaimed
for founding, acting, and producing
in the Civic Repertory theatre of
New York where she played twen-
ty-one roles in six years. In con-
nection with this, she had a free
school from which came such
theatrical geniuses as Burgess Mere-
Seniors Will Produce
"Romances by Emma”
“Handsome, clever, and rich, with
a comfortable home and happy dis-
position” is Emma Woodhouse to
be played by Ellen Preuit when the
seniors present “Romances by
Emma,” Friday evening, November
24.
Frances Croley is cast as Mr.
Knightly, dignified, quiet, hand-
some, typical Jane Austin hero,
Annie Mae Paulk will portray Jane
Fairfax, beautiful and cultured, a
lovely, wan creature hiding a sec-
ret. Frances Williams and Kapsoon
Kim will be Serle and Crandall,
well-bred butler and parlor maid,
in the service of the family for
years.
Mary Diamond will take the part
of Harriet Smith, physically pretty,
but dull witted with a quaintly sen-
timental side. Sara Christenberry’s
role is gentle, ambitious, kind, sin-
cere, neat, and shy Robert Martin,
farmer boy lover of Harriet. Old
maid, Miss Bates, great chatterer,
will be played by Mary Green
Johns.
Helen Weaver will be handsome,
and aware of it, elegant and
proud young vicar, Mr. Elton.
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BIRMINGHAM FOOTBALL
schedule
November 4 — Alabama vs.
Kentucky.
November 11—Auburn vs. Vil-
lanova.
November 18 — Alabama vs.
Georgia Tech.
November 30 — Howard vs.
Birmingham-Southern.
Earl Larimore, above, will ap-
pear opposite Eva LeGallienne
in “Hedda Gabler,” November
20.
dith and John Garfield.
Miss LeGallienne reverted to the
profession of her father, Richard
LeGallienne, when she published
“At 33,” a best selling autobiog-
raphy. She has honorary degrees
from Tufts, Russell Sage, Smith,
Brown university, and Mt. Holyoke.
Aside from this she is a gardener,
expert horsewoman, fencer, cook,
weaver, musician, unsatiable reader,
and linguist .
Miss LeGallienne presents a
gamin appearance, matching her
Peter Pan, most popular of all her
parts. She is slight, boyish in build,
blue-grey eyes, and short, light
brown hair. For work-a-day hours
she wears simple tailored clothes.
At home, and on rare occasions, she
leans towards soft trailing gowns.
“Hedda Gabler,” in its writing
and point of view is ageless and as
vital today as when Ibsen wrote it.
“Hedda Gabler’’ is a study of hu-
man beings who, in themselves and
in their psychological reactions, are
dateless and around whom is woven
drama that in its tenseness and in-
evitability is unsurpassed in litera-
ture.
Elizabeth Young
Keeps Rash Promise
“If I win I’ll divide with you,”
said Elizabeth Young, just as any
other contestant would, to Norma
Hermann and Elizabeth Baker, two
other entrants, when she was work-
ing on a float design for the Bir-
mingham Christmas carnival con-
test. Elizabeth kept her promise
and divided her ten dollar prize
with the other art students.
“A Child’s Prayer Around the
World” was the title of Elizabeth’s
prize-winning float design which
will be in the Christmas carnival
parade. The award is an annual
prize presented by the Birmingham
Christmas carnival association.
HOLCOMBE’S
All kinds of
Groceries - Fruits
. SPORTS .
By Sara Harris, Sports Editor !
The seniors may tilt their noses
heavenward another inch and be
completely justified. In short, they
aptly displayed the superiority ex-
pected of them in the volley ball
tournament. They strode over the
underclassmen in seven league boots
to win the tournament by a wide
margin. The juniors won second
place, and the freshmen and sopho-
mores tied for third and fourth, re-
spectively.
From the four class teams the
first and second varsities weref
chosen. The first varsity was com-
posed of Bobby Brabston, a wizzard
at the net, Dot McLeod, of the
powerful serve, Mary Ravenscroft,
little Mary who never misses, Fran-
ces croley, another net menace,
Mary Glenn Moore, the freshman
discovery, Charlotte M e i n w a 1 d,
Mildred Hixon, and Sara Harris,
who were good on the back line.
The first varsity won 42-24 over the
second varsity in the final game of
the volley ball season. The out-
standing players were Harriette
Donahoo and Amanda Keelyn, on
the second varsity. The other play-
ers were Mary Beddow, Margaret
DeBardeleben, Butch Liles, Ruth
Wright, Margaret Parr, and Virginia
Spivey.
* * *
The name of the sport is hockey;
the equipment consists of sticks,
shin guards, balls, and a healthy
pair of lungs on the part of the
player; the outcome is a fast, ex-
citing game of dribbles, passes,
bullies, and goals.
Hockey season officially opened
October 24. It will be played in the
afternoon at 4:30 and Saturday
mornings at 9:30. Free instructions
will be given to those who do not
know the fundamentals of the
game. For more excitement than a
full moon on a June night, try
playing hockey with the rest of the
crowd.
* * *
This isn’t an invitation with
R. S. V. P. written in the corner,
and it isn’t asking you to a tea
with some of the four hundred if
it is one extended by Butch Liles
—er—pardon the lack of formality,
shall it be Caroline?
Caroline, as recreation counselor,
with the aid of Miss Conn, faculty
adviser, has mapped out an inter-
esting recreational program.
At an early date you can ping
and pong, swat the birdie in bad-
minton, indulge in loop and table
tennis, and best of all, roll up your
sleeves and bowl with the new bowl-
ing set. Regular hours will be set
in which to play. Night programs
will be sponsored.
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OCTOBER 30, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Campus Production
Receives Praise
By Mary Grace Orr
Appearing on the stage of Palmer
auditorium on Friday night, October
20, the barber, portrayed by Mary
Anne Edwards, delighted the aud-
ience with his insouciance, clever-
ness, and scintillating personality
in that well known play, the BAR-
BER OF SEVILLE. Directed by Dr.
Walter Trumbauer, assisted by Mr.
Jack Warfield, this production was
one which gave a keen, sense of en-
joyment to the audience. Center-
ing around the story of the wealthy
Count Almaviva’s attempts to res-
cue Rosine from her guardian, Bar-
tholo, and make her his own, the
play afforded much opportunity for
suspense and laughter.
The two settings were well done
and well-fitted to the story and the
period of the play.
Figaro, the barber, was definitely
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most enjoyable one. Mary Anne Ed-
ward’s portrayal of this character
was exceptionally good and will
long be remembered.
Frances Ward, as Count Alma-
viva, gave a very creditable per-
formance. Her drunken scene in the
second act was laugh-provoking and
very realistically done.
Bartholo, the jealous guardian of
Rosine, as portrayed by Ma r y
Sterne, was very blustery and fierce
at times. One of the most remem-
bered scenes of Bartholo’s was the
one where Rosine, pretending to
nave fainted, gave him an oppor-
tunity to slip from her pocket a
note, supposedly from her lover.
Bartholo, on discovering that it was
not the message he sought, replaced
it in her pocket. Later, he nobly
refused her offer to read it. His
self-righteous expression was one
any culprit would have envied.
Maoma Moore, in her character--
ization of Rosine, combined in a
clever fashion the qualities of coy-
ness, sophistication, and naivete.
During one part of the play prac-
tically all of the audience yawned
—not inspired by boredom to do
so, but by Jeanne Espy’s perform-
ance of Wideawake, the sleepy ser-
vant. Pat Smith’s interpretation of
the sneezing Youngman, another
servant, was also enjoyable.
The part of Don Bazille, the
music teacher who could always be
influenced by “that pocketful of
unanswerable arg u m e n t s,” was
amusingly presented by Mary Kelly
Porter.
Brought to a climax by the
schemes and ingenious plans of the
count and Figaro, the play ended
with the marriage of Rosine and
Almaviva, performed by the notary,
Annie Mae Paulk, and attended by
the justice of the peace, Jean Vick,
and the soldiers, Dot Coleman, Rose
Weaver, and Virginia Wright.
Alabamian Schedule
Issues of the 1939-40 ALA-
BAMIAN will be published ac-
cording to the following sched-
ule.
November 13, November 27,
December 11, January 15, Jan-
uary 29, February 12, February
26, March 11, March 25, April 22,
May 6, May 20.
It is the purpose of the staff,
in publishing the above sched-
ule, to minimize the confusion
caused by too much last-minute
material. Hereafter, material to
be printed in any issue, must
be turned in not later than the
Wednesday preceding the publi-
cation date.
Avon Poetry Yearbook
Chooses Student Poems
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Montevallo Drug Company
Avon House publishers have se-
lected poems by Celia Methvin,
president of the student govern-
ment, Madie Bell Ward, editor of
the TOWER, and Mary Sterne,
business1 manager of the TOWER,
for publication in THE YEARBOOK
OF MODERN POETRY.
This annual volume of verse is
edited by Margaret Nelson who,
with her staff, chose from 11,000
entrants the small percentage of
poets to be featured. In addition
to the poetry, a short biography
of each poet will be included.
‘To Catullus” and “Hurt” by
Celia Methvin; “Kinship,” “Motif,”
and “Counterfeit” by Madie Bell
Ward; and “To My Mother” and
“Gladness” by Mary Sterne were se-
lected by the staff to be included
in the yearbook.
It is considered a signal honor
by amateur poets to have poems
selected for publication in THE
YEARBOOK OF MODERN POET-
RY.
Exhibits To Have
Water Color Study
The first all water color exhibit
in Alabama will be held in Bloch
hall, November 5-18, with artists
all over the state contributing.
Sponsored by the art department,
this will follow up other exhibits
held here. The plan of using only
water colors arises from the fact
that this type of painting shows to
a greater advantage when not plac-
ed with other pictures. The increas-
ing importance of water colors has
led to a greater interest in the vivid
colorings of the pictures.
According to Miss Kennedy, head
of the art department, the exhibit
is expected to be “the biggest event
in water color in Alabama.”
Fashion Show
Get your petitions in at once.
Don’t wait, Thursday, November 2,
is, the last day.
(Continued from page 1)
costume suit with grey fur fabric
top. With this she wore a grey fur-
trimmed pillbox hat.
The retailing majors who worked
up the program are Annie Jean
O’Daniel, Elizabeth Young, Marie
Orr, Norma Hermann, Elizabeth
Baker, and Elise Hagood. All cos-
tumes were selected from Klotz-
man’s, Gilbert’s, or the Little Shop
of Personal Service.
Amand Palmer and Bobbie, Brab-
ston were responsible for lighting.
Allee Robbins, Mattie Lou McPhail,
Clarice Mitchell, and Sue Littleton
acted as ushers. Martha Thompson
was in charge of curtains.
Did you get up a petition for your
candidate?
Senior Play
(Continued from page 3)
Lois Sheffield will take the part of
Mr. Woodhouse, forever afraid of a
draught and his diet. Amand Palm-
er is cast as the taciturn druggist
with moderation as his motto.
Mary Louise Rheay will play the
role of Mr. Weston, “unexceptional
character, easy fortune, pleasant)
manners,” and very much in love
with his new wife. Jean Letson is
urban in the character of Mr.
Frank Churchill, young, extremely
good-looking, well-mannered, and
sophisticated. Kate Corcoran will
portray the imperious, domineering
Mrs. Elton, determined to be fash-
ionable at all costs.
Hazel Morrow’s part will be that
of the typical governess, gentle,
friendly, and sentimental. Louise
Gause is deaf to the words of her
daughter and all others in the role
of seventy-year-old Mrs. Bates, “al-
most past everything but tea and
quadrille.”
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The Alabamian
Alabama College, the State College for Women
ELITE!
VOLUME XVII
Z 7
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, NOVEMBER 13, 1939
NUMBER 6
Senior Class
Presents Old
English Novel
"Emma” Portrays Picture
Of English Rural Life
During Regency Period
Whimsical appeal and vivid por-
trayal of the Regency period in
English history characterizes “Ro-
mances by Emma,” to be presented
by the senior class Friday evening,
November 24, under the direction
of Miss Margaret Flory.
This drama is based on Jane
Austin’s novel, EMMA, a picture
of English rural life in the years
1814-1815. The entire action takes
place in the drawing room of Hart-
field, the Woodehouse family man-
sion at Highberry, a small village
sixteen miles from London. Social
class consciousness is uppermost in
the minds of the characters, all
landed gentry.
Emma is played by Ellen Preuit,
born matchmaker and romancer,
but surprisingly uninterested in a
mate for herself. She proves to be
rather unsuccessful in her romantic
plans in the face of arising compli-
cations. Emma finally reforms and
finds a nice partner for herself
with Mr. Knightly, a gallant gen-
tleman portrayed by Frances Cro-
ley.
Lois Sheffield picturesquely takes
the part of Mr. Woodehouse, Em-
ma’s father. He is a dyed-in-the-
wool calamity howler, always con-
cerned with other people’s health,
prophesying dire results of indi-
gestion from eating wedding cake,
and pneumonia from sitting in
drafts. He holds the weaker sex to
their weak position by saying,
“Ladies are delicate young plants.”
Miss Bates, a confirmed old maid
of forty-five, provides comedy in-
terest with her incessant, pointless,
chattering comments.
Naomi Favor is acting as produc-
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Magazine Praises
Education Plans
A practical effort is being made
in Montevallo schools to give stu-
dents definite opportunities to learn
better ways of living, according to
an article in the current issue of
THE NEW REPUBLIC.
THE NEW REPUBLIC has built
its theme around “The Promise of
American Life.” Dr. William H; Kil-
patrick, who wrote the article, paid
special tribute to the education de-
partment led by Dr. M. L. Orr. In
discussion of John Dewey’s theory,
“learning to do by doing,” he praises
the experiments carried on in the
high school under the auspices of
th'e education department.
Work in progressive education is
sponsored by the Southern Asso-
ciation of Colleges and Secondary
Schools. The members of the asso-
ciation accept graduates from the
high school into their college
courses upon faculty recommenda-
tion without the regular unit re-
quirements.
Senate Plans Ceremony
For Raising New Flag
Introducing something new at
their regular meeting last Wednes-
day night in Calkins hall, the Sen-
ate invited thirty odd freshmen to
sit in on the meeting.
These freshmen number among
the two hundred outstanding high
school students to whom the Sen-
ate sent letters last spring.
There was a short business1 meet-
ing before refreshments were serv-
ed. it was announced that a new
flag for the college has been or-
dered. Plans are being made for a
ceremony to burn the old flag when
the new one is put up.
Dr. McCloskey gave a short talk
on leadership. Miss Dawn Kennedy
and Dr. Minnie L. Steckel were also
present.
Celia Methvin Wins
High Campus Title
Miss Alabama College of 1939
Has Received Many Honors
During Her Successful Career
“Grits,” was the dazed comment
of Celia Methvin, president of the
student government association,
when she was informed, by Birdie
Margaret Moorer, that she had
been elected Miss Alabama College
by vote of upperclassmen, at the
annual Elite Night celebration held
in Palmer auditorium, Thursday,
November 9.
Celia’s activities as a school lead-'
er have been long and varied. As
a high school student in Roanoke,
Celia was cheerleader for two
years, editor of the high school
paper (which she originated), a
D. A. R. citizenship student, winner
of the American Legion scholarship
award, salutorian of her class, and
was by popular vote of the town,
given a trip to Chicago.
Campus Activities
Even more prominent have been
Celia’s activities on the Alabama
College campus. For three years
she has been a member of the ALA-
BAMIAN staff, of the orientation
committee, and of the Secretarial
club. She has shown her ability as
a speaker, as a member of intra-
mural debate teams, and as secre-
tary of the Speech Contest board.
As a member of the Publications
board, president of the junior class,
and a member of the Presidents
council for two years, Celia has
shown that she can do her work
and do it well. She has represented
Alabama College at the Southern
Federation of College Students in
Charleston, S. C., and as a delegate
to the Congress of’ the National
Student Federation of America,
Minneapolis, Minn. This year Celia
has shown her executive ability as
president of the Student Govern-
ment association and by her election
to Who’s Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges.
Celia’s plans for her life after
graduation from Alabama College
are as varied as her activities on
the campus. “I’d like to do person-
nel work, or write,” she says, “but
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Poetry Corner
Due to a large number of re-
quests, there will be started in
the next issue of THE ALA-
BAMIAN, a poetry corner, com-
posed of poems YOU submit.
Any students who have fav-
orite poems they would like to
have printed in the column,
please bring them to Ramsay
302 this week.
Miss Shallcross
Visits Dr. Farmer
Miss Ruth Shallcross, director of
research for the National Associa-
tion of Business and Professional
Women, is visiting on the campus
to confer with Dr. Hallie Farmer,
professor of history.
Dr. Farmer is in charge of the
Alabama investigation of the in-
teresting and vital controversy,
“What effect do married women
who work have on the general em-
ployment situation?”
Fifteen of the forty-eight states
are objects of special study. Ala-
bama is one of the chosen fifteen
—and the only Deep South state
in which a survey will be conducted.
At present it is estimated that of
the women employed nationally, six
per cent are married. One of the
goals of the study in Alabama is
to determine how nearly the Ala-
bama figure compares with this
national figure. Intensive inquiry
will be carried on in many Alabama
communities, and the results of the
survey, synthesized by Dr.| Farmer,
will be made public through the
press and in educational publica-
tions.
Le Gallienne
Stars In Cast
Of Ibsen Play
First Lady of Theatre
Has Achieved Much Fame
From Dramatic School
Student Body Selects Elite
And Beauties Who Appear
In Shades Of Day And Night
Eva LeGallienne, the woman who
has, throughout her entire career,
campaigned vigorously for the reo
ognition of theatre as a culture
center of modem life, will present
Ibsen’s forceful drama, “Hedda
Gabler,” with Earl Larimore, here,
Monday evening, November 20.
Miss LeGallienne said when she
was fourteen, “I mean to be an
actress,” and named the roles she
determined to play before she was
thirty-five. They included Hedda
in “Hedda Gabler,” and Hilda in
“The Master Builder,” by Ibsen;
Peter in Barrie’s “Peter Pan;” Mar-
guerite Gauteer in Dumas’ “Cam-
ille;” Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet”
of Shakespeare; and the Duke of
Reichstadt in Rostand’s “L’Aiglon.”
This was no idle assumption. She
completed her self-imposed task
several months before her time
limit when she appeared in
“L’Aiglon.”
Miss LeGallienne is widely ac-
claimed for founding the Civic
Repertory theatre of New York in
1926. In seven years she produced
over thirty plays, usually as actress
and producer. At all times during
this venture, EVa LeGallienne fol-
lowed the true Repertory system,
keeping alive practically all the
plays produced. She presented both
world masterpieces and modern
dramas.
In connection with the Civic Rep-
ertory theatre, Miss LeGallienne
conducted a free school from which
came such brilliant young actors
as Burgess Meredith, John Garfield,
J. Edward Bromberg, Richard War-
ing, Beverly Roberts, Helen Walpole,
and Norman Lloyd. Also her work
provided inspiration and encourage-
ment to such important later or-
ganizations as the Group theatre
and the Mercury theatre. A genuine
interest in the ambitions and tal-
ents of young people has character-
ized all her work.
When one considers that Miss Le-
Gallienne is still a young woman,
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Alabama Artists
Furnish Paintings
For Art Exhibit
The water color exhibit which
will be in Bloch hall until Novem-
ber 18 fulfills all expectations. In-
cluding 83 pictures, it is quite rep-
resentative of water color painting
done in Alabama. The artists rep-
resented are J. B. Parsell, Birming-
ham; Clayton Charles, University;
Elizabeth Guthrie, University; Lou-
ise Howorth, Montgomery; Bertha
Miller, University; Mrs. William
Thompson, Florence; Louise Smith,
Birmingham.
Marino M e r 1 o, Birmingham;
Frances Gassman, Phenix City;
Mrs. John Bridges, Bessemer; Mild-
red Nungester, Decatur; Eloise O.
Hawkins, Montgomery; Roy Staples,
Auburn; Bess Cugins, Reform; Mar-
tha Henderson Goings, Birming-
ham; Joe Salman, Birmingham;
Jessica Farnham, Birmingham;
Miss Elizabeth Stockton, Monte-
vallo; Mrs. Virginia Barnes, Mon-
tevallo.
Sara Douglas, Birmingham; Doro-
thy Relyea, Marion; Dorothy John-
ston, Marion; Mary Ashley Shepard,
Mobile; Mary B. Stewart, Attalla;
E. I. Gatling, Mobile; H. Reid, Sel-
ma; Morrow Carr, Aldrich; Joe
Clancey, Birmingham; P. A. Yoder,
Wetumpka; T. U. Hamilton, Mo-
bile; Lulu Glee White, Sulligent.
There is a great variety of sub-
ject matter, although most of the
paintings are landscapes. It also
represents many styles of work,
some being done quite meticulously
while others are very dashy.
Celia Methvin, above, was giv-
en title of Miss Alabama Col-
lege in the Elite Night celebra-
tion, November 9. (Yeager Stu-
dio.)
Glory of Old South
Will Be Depicted
In Sophomore Hop
A languid, gracious atmosphere
of the old South will permeate the
formal Sophomore Hop, Saturday,
November 18.
The dance will be in the form
of a lawn party held on a wealthy
plantation. Long buffet tables, pre-
sided over by “southern belles” as-
sisted by little picaninnies, will pro-
vide refreshment during the course
of the party.
Central in the decorative scheme
is the colonial mansion with its
white columns, green blinds, and
iron balcony. The orchestra will be
seated on the spacious veranda.
Through festoons of Spanish moss
Japanese lanterns will provide their
soft illumination on the “lawn”
which will be surrounded by a white
picket fence. Opposite the mansion
will be a latticed wall with an
arched trellis. In front of this arch
a small fountain will play and here,
too, will be the scene of the for-
mal leadout.
Sarah Peck Weaver, class presi-
den, in the true southern, white
bustle model with red trimming,
will be escorted by Henry Day, Uni-
versity of Alabama. Others in the
leadout will be Kathryn Watford,
chairman of programs and bids
committee, who will be attired in a
blue taffeta bustle model, and will
dance with Lewis Gwaltney, also
from the University; Pat Bozen-
hard, decorations committee chair-
man, wearing shirred pink net over
taffeta, will lead out with Fred
Sherrill, Birmingham; Thelma Faye
Roberts, hat check committee head,
in a blue velvet colonial model, will
be escorted by Randolph Hamilton,
Auburn; Sara James, chairman of
music committee, will wear a royal
blue net with sequins, attending the
dance with Venezelas Poppas, Uni-
versity of Alabama; and Mary Bris-
lin, clad in a Grecian model of old
rose taffeta, will go with Carl
Green, Atmore.
CALENDAR
Tuesday, November 14—Student
Body Meeting.
Thursday, November 16—Convo-
cation
English Department Party
for Majors and Minors.
Saturday, November 18—Sopho-
more Hop.
Monday, November 210 — Mrs.
Mildred Morgan, Lecturer.
“Hedda Gabler” — LeGal-
lienne Company.
Tuesday, November 21 — Mrs.
Mildred Morgan.
Thursday, November 23 — Con-
vocation.
Friday, November 24 — Senior
Play.
Modernistic Setting
Is Featured Background
For Campus Favorites
Celia Methvin, clad in queenly
white, became Miss Alabama Col-
lege at Elite Night, Friday evening.
Celia is president of the student
government association. At this pro-
gram, presented by the TECHNALA
staff, beauties and members of the
feature section were reviewed and
chosen by student vote.
Mary Diamond, Vandalyn Lazen-
by, Frances McCoy, Margaret Red-
doch, Helen Rockwell, and Eva Love
Wyatt were selected as college
beauties from the twenty candi-
dates selected by Maltby Sykes,
Birmingham artist. Mary Diamond
wore blue taffeta with a blue Velvet
jacket. Vandalyn Lazenby’s lush,
southern beauty was accented by
white taffeta. Frances McCoy’s
fresh blondness was set off by blue
taffeta. Margaret Reddoch glowed
in sequin-topped white crepe. Helen
Rockwell was dressed in an old-
fashioned model of rose taffeta.
Eva Love Wyatt wore black velvet.
Introduction of Beauties
The beauties each appeared on
a revolving disc in the black and
white modernistic setting and mov-
ed down to the stage where they
were divided into groups of the
beauty of Dawn, Noonday, Twilight,
and Evening. The Speech Chorus
read lines about each beauty, and
the organ was softly played by
Minnie Priester.
Other candidates for beauty titles
were Mary Frances Akeman, Caro-
lyn Breaux, Elizabeth Burson, Nor-
ma Hermann, Marion Hughes, Mary
Green Johns, Mildred Mayo, Fran-
ces Mims, Louise Morrisette, Eve-
lyn Motes, Ellen Preuit, Martha
Ross, Sara Rumbley, and Catherine
Siler.
Other entrants for Miss Alabama
College were Margaret Stallworth,
Eva Love Wyatt, Lorena Atkin-
son, and Jean Letson.
Bettie Archibalid, wearing white
trimmed in gold, was selected exec-
utive. Bettie is president of the
Senate. Other contestants were
Flidera Tapia, Martha Wood, and
Elizabeth Stanley.
Keelyn is Chosen Scientist
Scientist is Amanda Keelyn, ad-
vertising manager of THE ALA-
BAMIAN and a biology major. She
wore black and white net. Her
opponents were Naomi Favor, imo
Heacock, Amand Palmer, and Mary
Jo Wesson.
Jean Farr was chosen artist. She
wore white trimmed in groen. Other
aspiring artists were Mary Diamond,
Sara Christenberry, Madie Belle
Ward, Mary Sue Edwards, Lily
Ware, and Norma Hermann.
Mary Ravenscroft, president of
the Physical Education club, was
(Continued on page 6)
Hull Asks Dr. Pierson
To Confer In Washington
Dr. Lorraine Pierson, head of the
foreign language department, at-
tended, at the personal invitation
of Secretary of State Cordell Hull,
a conference on Inter-American
Relations in the Field of Education,
in Washington, November 9-10.
“I hope that you may find it
possible to come to Washington and
make available to these discussions
your judgment and suggestions,”
Mr. Hull wrote in nis letter of ap-
pointment.
Dr. Pierson has worked with the
Institute of International Educa-
tion in connection with her spon-
sorship of foreign students on the
campus. Her success in aiding these
students to adapt themselves to a
new country and a new life is so
marked that her judgment and ad-
vice on this subject were considered
important to the activities of the
meeting.
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NOVEMBER 13, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
EDITORIALS
Do We Co-operate?
While it is not our policy to print anonymous let-
ters, we find one such “motherless waif” has wan-
dered in which provides “food for real thought,”
an idea that expresses exactly what we think.
“Do we have an authentic, student-participated,
student government? Where is our pride and feel-
ing that back the officers and duties of our asso-
ciation? Does our present student pride control the
all-too-common campus evils of cheating, lying, and
stealing? While we may feel that a student should
be punished for cheating, why don’t we feel the
need of a whole-hearted prevention campaign?
Our student government representatives do their
best to fulfill, uphold, and carry out the duties of
their offices, unaided and with little sympathy from
any of us. They are no different from us—they are
your representatives, chosen because they had you
and your welfare at heart. Yet their’s has been made
an office, void of any honor or pride; they are
feared and avoided.
Let’s admit our lack of pride in our college and
alma mater. The source of that “lack of feeling’ may
be accounted for in many ways—the low cost of
education, the lack of spirit and cooperation, the
lack of a highly select group, and others.
The low price and lack of student body selective-
ness should be particular points of pride—they fur-
ther the democratic government in which we here-
tofore have so firmly believed.
As for lack of cooperation, that fault lies entirely
with us—it’s the basic trouble, the main obstruction
from our dream of a “Utopian College.”
Our contributor offers no real solution to our all-
too-prevalent problem. Let’s turn it into a forum—
won’t you try to solve it?
War Baby's" Pleas
Undoubtedly, there are hundreds of others that
are able to say the same. I was bom during those
turbulous times when all nations were at war,
and upheaval and discontent raged over the
world. Families were broken; terror reigned; peo-
ple lived in dread that the next moment would
bring word that one of their loved ones had died
for their> country.
My father, like many others, went to fight
for his country, and like millions, he did not
return. I’m proud he fought for what he thought
was right, but sometimes I think of all I’ve missed
by not knowing him. I’d like to feel the security
and safeness that a father’s love can bring. I
wonder what he was like. Would he have played
with me as I’ve seen so many fathers play with
their children? I’ve missed the sound of his foot-
steps, the gay laugh that might have been his.
I find myself envying other girls who have
fathers, and the love they receive. Had it not
been for the past war, I too might have shared
all this.
Though I did not actually face the problem
of war, I received the effects it handed out. I
shudder to think of what may happen to my
generation should we go to war.
War seems more possible every day. It seems
like a crouching lion coming closer all the
time. Are we, the children of the past war, going
to have to face the same problems our parents
faced?
I beg of you, give us a chance! Let us not be
led into the same path. We’re young, able, am-
bitious. Shall our youth, capabilities, and am-
bitions be thwarted by the same monster that
disabled our parents?
Let us not lose our heads and rush into this
thing blindly. I love my country. Yes, to me it
is the symbol of what men fought for, died for,
created with their hands. It is the land of the
free! With God’s help let us keep it free!
—F. W.
Campus
Gossip
By 3 Snoopa
Hi ya, chillun—
This is ye old campus snoop back
on the job again — and I do mean
back on the job. Again let me say
that all contributions to this column
are both acceptable and appreciat-
ed—that is, if you want us to print
them—and anything that’s repeat-
able in polite company is printable.
We just aren’t saying what is polite
company—so that leaves you gals
a clean stage to wag your tongues.
Another thing before we pull off
our shoes and let our feet dangle
in the mud—this column is purely
gossip, not maliciously intended,
but all in good fun. Sometimes we
all think a lot of things that we
don’t say but would like to say them.
Well, we will say them for you, if
you wish, but we want to offer an
apology to anyone who has been
offended by repeated gossip in this
column—no harm nor hurt intend-
ed. Please try to take the column
in the spirit it’s written, and now
for the dirt—
First of all, we want to present
an orchid to Birdie Margaret
Moorer for the swell Elite Night
she made possible for the student
body. It’s people like Birdie who
make the rest of the people enjoy
themselves at ye ole alma mater.
We salute you, Birdie. More power
to you and the!grand work you do.
Just don’t work too hard is all we
ask of you.
Elite Night was good, though. We
think Colonel Southard should have
been in it somewhere, since he
has to always get his beauty sleep,
hence his charm, we presume. By
the way, Gerry—Gerry Camp, we
mean—what happened to you dur-
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STAFF
Editor-in-Chief, Frances Scarbrough; Managing Editor, Lois Anne Smith; Business
Manager, Mary Jo Raney; Feature Editor, Mary Sterne; Copy Editor, Martha McRae;
Speech Editor, Jeanne Appleton; Sports Editor, Sara Harris; Club Editor, Nancy
Weems; Society Editor, Frances Roberts; Advertising Managers, Ollis Mills, Amanda
Keelyn, Margaret Cook; Circulation Managers, Charlotte Meinwald, Lois Maples;
Typist, Forrest Branscombe.
REPORTERS
Evelyn Weldon, Mary Rogers, Carolyn Jenkins, Peggy Kirk, Margaret Ritter Margaret
Lee, Imogene Harris, Mary Grace Orr, Nancy Powers, Sara Reddoch, Imogene Foshee,
Gwendolyn Tittle, Annie Lee Jones, Frances Padgett, Sammie Dorrough Mary Sue Ed-
wards, Virginia Martin, Margaret Dean Harris, Virginia Riddle, Fauvette Taylor Caro-
lyn Breaux, Lilias Heblon, Berneese Dison, Jeanne Espy, Melba Ruth Jones, Dorothy
Sandlin, Frances Norris, Mary Edna Wallace, Frances Owens, Willanise Green,
Annie Ruth Beasley, Mary Carolyn Norris, Mary Beth Wilbanks,
Geraldine Hollis, Sara Burns, Jean Childress, Lucy Pegues.
ing your dramatic debut? Don’t tell
us that you were all that anxious
to get off the stage!!!
Juniors, this next is “especially
for you.’’ There was a notable ab-
sence of juniors at the senior con-
vocation this past Thursday. There
was one little part that was dedi-
cated especially to you — about
Crook Week. We would advise your
getting acquainted with all the pro-
ceedings, as you will perhaps need
a little knowledge along that line
before many months have passed.
So Ann Glass doesn’t think the
seniors are grown yet? Well, little
junior, let us assure you that we
will be quite mature when May
rolls around. And Yenna York
thinks that the seniors are fools—
or make fools out of themselves.
It’ll just be another bunch of fools
a little later on we think.
We think Croley is an awful sis-
sy. The idea of getting a cute little
baby pink dress in the first place,
and then being such a sissy as not
to wear it! Anyway, it is still a
cute dress, even though pink is for
babies, and we think maybe you’re
out of the cradle now?
Ole Kate Corcoran is also a sissy.
It’s too bad you are afraid of your
teachers, Kate. I’m sure that
“Trummie” wouldn’t have minded
that much about you impersonating
him in senior convocation. And
someone remarked that Fannie Nor-
ton didn’t have to do much acting
in the program. Better look out,
Fannie, someone thinks you keep
your nose in a cloud evidently. We
had no trouble in recognizing Mary
Belk on the program either. Better
change your major to library
science, Mary, it fits you, it seems.
Well, well, well, we knew that like
characteristics run in families—but
weren’t aware that room-mates
took on the same qualities as each
other. But it seems they do, since
Loisita is so proficient in reading
poetry, it seems as though Donnie
does it right well, too. She can even
put people to sleep doing it. How
about reading for us sometime,
Donnie? Or is it just certain peo-
ple, like Loisita, that you read for?
We wonder???
Just one question we’d like to
ask of “Coz” and Maggie—why
aren’t you all cute girls any more?
Does it have anything to do with
the coat affair in the show Friday
night? We hope you found it O.K.
Maggie. At least you tried hard
enough to.
Just which practice home DO you
live in, Pratt? And since some of
the home economics majors have
come back and others gone, Forrest
Branscombe has talked Spanish so
much that she talks' Spanish in
her sleep. What a pity! Now we
can’t find out your secrets any
more. Just don’t make the mistake
of trying to wake anyone up in
Spanish. They might throw some-
thing at you!! Oh yes, be careful
what you yell out at football games.
You might slip, you know.
Why is it that Hazel Morrow is
called a little ole “sweet potato?”
Does it have anything to do with
slips?
Martha Terry got to be such a
good housekeeper at the practice
(Continued on page 6)
Change and Exchange
In one of the first classes of the year a pro-
fessor stated that he wanted all the students to
spend twice as much time on their lessons as
formerly. Coming' out of the class we overheard
Amand Palmer say to Mary Belk, “Well, that’s
easy since two times nothing- is nothing.”
* * * *
Miss Blazek: What did you find out about the
salivary glands?
Willanese Green: I couldn’t find a thing. They’re
too darn secretive.
* * * *
There’s always a string- attached to a church
bell. —Teacola_
* * * *
CELEBRITIES ON CAMPUS
NERO—Jerry Camp — She fiddles while Kildea
burns.
WALTER WINCHELL—Professor Warfield scoop-
ing certain thespians on their “flashes of character."
THE LITTLE COLONEL—Mary Johnston and the
ALABAMIAN staff use almost the same title for
two different but popular characters.
LOUISA ALCOTT — Alabama College girls are
THE OLD FASHIONED GIRLS with none of the
LITTLE MEN or JO’S BOYS.
* * * *
I wish I were a daisy
A-sittin’ on a hill
If I could keep on sittin’,
I’d just keep on sittin’ still.
I wish I were an atom
Floating into space—
Guess I’d show my flitting class
Just what consists of grace.
I wish I were a crockadile
a-dialing on a crock—
If I could be a crockadile,
But then, you see, I’m not—
—F. R.
* * * *
PERSONALITY HIT PARADE
Miss America is the personality hit of this week.
At present she lives on third east in Main, but her
permanent home is Jasper, Alabama.
Miss America could go to Atlantic City with that
gorgeous complexion of hers which looks like an ad
for Ivory Soap. She is the owner of a perfect set of
perfect teeth. They didn’t come from the dental
office either. The Ipana company should sign her up.
The sophomore class should be proud of her.
Guess who? ? ? ? ?.
Hint: She has a precious brother.
* * * *
PLEASE, MISS IRVIN
One Sunday we went down to breakfast
Expecting our cheese toast to find,
But ’lo and behold, we discovered
Miss Irvin had changed her mind.
We all left the table quite hungry,
I’ll now tell the reason why.
*■*
She served us that usual chipped beef
Or hard boiled eggs we dislike.
Now we’ve been given a break,
Why not discuss all the food?
We like that tender steak,
And sausage and pancackes are good.
For dessert we’ll take ice cream,
And cinnamon rolls we love.
Of brown bread we often dream,
And chicken—my goodness above.
Now that you know what we like,
Miss Irvin, it’s up to you
Don’t make us go on a strike,
Please make our dreams come true.
—Discontented Daughters
m * *
According to the Daily Tar Heel, a sensible girl
is not so sensible as she looks because a sensible girl
has more sense than to look sensible. We are won-
dering just how sensible a girl has to be before she
is considered sensible.
Dear Editor:
We are two girls who will at the end of this year
begin life anew. We will be entirely on our own, and
our future depends on what we do. We think we
know what we want out of life, yet we’re not sure.
We have the expectancy of youth, the determina-
tion to succeed, and faith in ourselves.
Yet we feel that there is a phase of life in which
we are not well versed. We know more a,bout life
and its problems than the average girl did twenty
years ago, thanks to the ever changing conventions.
In the years to come we will be the mothers of a
new generation. In our hands will lie the power
to mould their lives.
Are we ready for this serious undertaking? That
is one of the questions that is constantly running
through our minds today. We feel as though we need
training in this line. Other colleges have courses
in famiy relationship. Why can’t we? Not that
others do it, but we feel inside ourselves a great
need for this knowledge. Today we are the daugh-
ters of Alabama, tomorrow we will become the
mothers. Can we fulfill our duty successfully?
Sincerely,
TWO SENIORS.
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
NOVEMBER 13, 1939
Page 3
Eva Le Gallienne Portrays Title Role
In Henrik Ibsen's Play, "Hedda Gabler"
Mrs. Bruce was placed into a
leaking life-boat without a rudder
which was in charge of one of the
17-year-old stewards. After eleven
hours on the life-boat, she was
picked up by the destroyer. She did
not know her ankle was broken
until transferred to the destroyer
when she found that she couldn’t
walk. She was then carried to a
hospital in Greenock where she
remained for several weeks, and
was then taken home. Mrs. Bruce
lost everything she had. She seemed
very thankful to have been spared
her life and quoted a Scotch adage
which said that ‘If you were bom
to be hanged, you couldn’t be
drowned.’ She expects to be back
in Montevallo by January 1.
Comedy andTragedy
Appear At Strand
By Jeanne Appleton
DANCING COED — Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Another collegiate movie, this
time enlivened by Artie Shaw and
his hot clarinet, is DANCING CO-
ED.
The plot is concerned with a
movie dancer who finds his danc-
ing partner-wife has stork inten-
tions, and he must find a partner
for his next picture. A publicity
stunt is planned to build up interest
in the new partner by having her
win a contest. After choosing Lana
Turner as an appropriate better
half of the Bownon team, she is
sent to Midwestern, accompanied
by Ann Rutherford, the publicity
agent’s secretary, to do her brain
work for her.
College life is shown at its most
hilstrious, complicated, and amus-
ing best.
Artie Shaw keeps the youngsters
jiveing, and the oldsters remember-
ing their younger days. The idea
is taken from a short story by Al-
bert Trynor. Lana Turner and Ann
Rutherford carry off top honors
with their first-rate performance.
STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE—
Thursday and Friday.
An impressive panorama of great
spiritual beauty describes STAN-
LEY AND LIVINGSTONE, the
story of the great African mission-
ary and the newspaperman who
came to rescue him from the
jungles.
Spencer Tracy triumphs dramat-
ically as Henry Stanley, the Amer-
ican reporter who sets' out to find
Livingstone and becomes so inter-
ested in his work that he endeavors
to help carry on Dr. Livingstone’s
JL. Everything for those
week-end FEASTS
Complete Delicatessen
McCULLEY’S
Henrik Ibsen, late Norwegian
playwright, would be very interest-
ed in Miss Eva LeGallienne’s inter-
pretation of “Hedda Gabler” which
the famous star will present Nov-
ember 20.
Miss LeGallienne has taken Mr.
Ibsen’s famous drama of mid-vic-
torian setting and has streamlined
it to a point where it is very much
in keeping with the modem dec-
orations of the theatre that houses
it. Instead of the author’s heroine,
a lady whose dress and actions date
her as of the last century, local
audiences will see a Hedda who
slinks about in the very latest of
evening gowns, smokes cigarettes
incessantly, and frequently comes
through with a bit of vernacular
that is definitely 20th century.
In spite of the modernization,
“Hedda Gabler” is still heavy
stage fare. That it is a favorite of
Miss LeGallienne is easily seen by
the manner in which she throws
herself into the thick of the drama.
Her wholehearted portrayal adds
strength and reality to the role.
The piece is typical of Ibsen. Life
at its most complicated is his theme
and, after three stirring acts, life
is still very complicated. Hedda
Gabler’s tragedy is above all one
of frustration. A high strung; hy-
per-sensitive creature, she is warp-
ed and embittered in surroundings
which bore and imitate her by their
commonplace smugness. A born
aristocrat, she finds her petty am-
bitions and humdrum existence of
her good husband, Tesman, dis-
tasteful and even ludicrous.
Hedda stands revealed as a bit-
terly unhappy woman, tormented
by the demons of selfishness, dis-
content, and boredom. Ibsen, in his
notebooks, repeatedly refers to her
as “ice-cold,” and indeed the springs'
of humanity in her nature have
frozen and otrophied. Her revolt
attempts at civilizing the savages.
Sir Cedric Hardwicke transfers
some of the spiritual character of
the original Livingstone to the
screen character. Some of the best
scenes are between Stanley and
Livingstone. The missionary brings
to his rescuer new ideals and an
appreciation of new values in life.
Richard Greene is cast as the
young Englishman who fails in the
attempt to find Livingstone. He
treats his role with wholesome sin-
cerity. Richard Greene is the fiance
and later the husband of Nancy
Kelly, who handles her unusually
good part with distinction.
The settings for this movie are
a thrilling, magnificent spectacle.
They were filmed under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Martin Johnson. This
picture is a rare treat combining
spiritual value with real entertain-
ment.
T against a boring existence smoulders
until the last act, when it bursts
forth in a blaze of histronics.
“Hedda Gabler’” is unquestion-
ably the most perfectly constructed
plays in all dramatic literature; and
Hedda herself stands as one of the
most amazing and ruthless por-
traits of a woman in the gallery of
the theatre.
Miss LeGallienne is at her best
when the going is the heaviest. Her
gestures, her dramatic voice, her
regal striding, they are all heavily
taxed throughout the play. Occa-
sionally she attains such dramatic
heights that the supporting cast
flounders about in an effort to
keep up with her.
The major supporting role, that
of Eilert Lovborg, is handled by
Earl Larimore. Mr. Larimore does
well with a very difficult role.
Matthew Smith is cast as George
Tesman, Hedda’s husband. The re-
mainder of the cast includes Marion
Evenson, Alice John, Katherine
Squire, and James Spottswood.
The show is directed and produced
by Miss LeGallienne while the
setting is by Watson Barratt.
Miss Brownfield Attends
Secretarial Meeting
Miss Lelah Brownfield, head of
the secretarial department, will at-
tend a convention of the Southern
Business Education association in
Jacksonville, Florida, November 30-
December 3.
Miss Brownfield is the Alabama
representative on the executive
board of the association.
Dr. John R. Gregg, founder of
the Gregg shorthand system, will
be honor guest. The theme of the
session will be “Improvement of
Business Education in the South.”
In the early days at the Univer-
sity of Arkansas, carrying concealed
weapons was such a common prac -
tice thgt the faculty found it ne-
cessary to make a special ruling to
force the students to leave their
shooting irons at home.
GIFTS
For All Occasions
WPA Grant
The campus gets a “face lift-
ing!”
Dr. A. F. Harman, president,
has announced that a WPA al-
lotment totaling $14,100 will be
used on the campus for paving
and landscaping. This grant
supplements previous funds and
will make possible an amphi-
theatre, roadways, walks, and
other improvements.
Mrs. Isobel Bruce
Recounts Horrors
Of Athenia Disaster
Madame Metzelthin
Talks About War
By Mary Sterne
West Main Team
Wins Debate Series
Debaters from the west wing of
Main dormitory proved their ora-
torical worth as winners of the in-
tramural debate held October 27-28.
Ezelle Bonner, Shirley York, Ola
Gay Cotney, and Winifred Wilde,
the winners, debated on the ques-
tion: “Resolved: That Alabama
College students should be grad-
uated on the basis of a comprehen-
sive examination at the close of
their senior year.” They won six
of the debates and were presented
a gold trophy, “Winged Victory.”
Central Main, Hanson, and Ram-
say tied for second place with five
victories to their credit.
Betty Archibald was judged best
speaker with Sara Rumbley as sec-
ond.
The tournament, the first intra-
mural debate series ever held on
the campus, was sponsored by Pi
Kappa Delta, honorary debate fra-
ternity.
☆
Scenes pictured show Eva
LeGallienne in her portrayal of
“Hedda Gabler,” in which she
plays the star role. She will ap-
pear in Palmier ball, November
20, with Earl Larimore as her
leading man.
☆
“Nobody who has enough food is
going to war” was the philosophy
Madame Pearl Metzelthin, inter-
nationally famous nutritionist, gave
to an ALABAMIAN reporter in an
interview shortly before her de-
parture from the campus where she
delivered a series of lectures on
nutrition and international affairs.
Madame Metzelthin, well-groom-
ed in black silk and pearl acces-
sories, which were sent her by her
husband from their fisheries in the
South Seas, was busy packing and
efficiently folding stylish clothes
into smart luggage, while she gave
her wise and generous opinion of
war in a troubled world.
European State
The reasons that Europe is in the
state it is, Madame Metzelthin
agreed, have already been stated
and restated too many times. Yet
how can a treaty for peace keep
that necessary state if the terms
are not constructive rather than
destructive, as the terms of the
Versailles treaty? Madame Metzel-
thin thinks that it is impossible
to build a peace upon a cruel in-
human treaty—no matter how jus-
tifiable the victors may believe the
terms to be.
Everyone realized during the
World war that malnutrition as well
as munitions was killing men, wo-
men, and babies. Yet, according to
Madame Metzelthin, few Americans
realize that in modern Europe to-
day, England’s troops as well as
her people are malnourished; while
France grows and supplies all
Frenchmen need — Russians are
having to skimp and feign weak
appetites. If Americans do realize
this, they do not give a second
thought to the prayer that they
should utter in thanks for three
square meals a day.
“Appreciate Meals”
“And you girls,” Madame Metzel-
thin shook her head warningly,
“please appreciate your fine meals
here. Forget war, yes, but if it takes
thoughts of war to make you thank-
ful for your Miss Irvin’s excellent
food, don’t forget it. You’ve got a
real Thanksgiving coming on Nov-
ember 30.”
The first football broadcast was
made from Stagg field at the Uni-
versity of Chicago on October 28,
1922.
Cornell university has launched
a project to determine whether crit-
ical thinking about social problems
can be developed in high school
pupils.
Your Wish
is Our Law
Give us an opportunity to give you
Professional Service
Heather and Elastic-belted
Swing Skirts
One-of-a-kind Fashion-right Dresses
Vanity Fair
The Little Shop of Personal Service
Mrs. Isobel Bruce, a member of
the sociology department for the
last three years, in a recent letter
to one of the faculty, recounted
her experiences aboard the ill-
fated Athenia, which was sunk at
the beginning of the European war.
Mrs. Bruce’s Letter
The letter which was summarized
in the ANNISTON TIMES, gives a
vivid description of the sinking.
“So many people are interested
in Mrs. Bruce’s condition that I am
making this summary of a letter
which I received from her. The
letter was written September 21,
came to me by Clipper, and was
delivered to me on September 26. At
that time Mrs. Bruce was in bed,
and a doctor was visiting her ev-
ery day. Besides a broken ankle,
she had two black eyes and was
bruised from head to foot. She de-
scribed her experience the night
that the boat was torpedoed as be-
ing a very harrying one. The boat
was supposed to carry around seven
hundred passengers. Instead, more
than eighteen hundred people, in-
cluding the crew, were on board.
The torpedo struck C deck about
eight o’clock. That, of course, was
the most crowded deck. Some peo-
ple were killed, some were thrown
over into the ocean, others through
terror jumped into the water, and
others ran up and down the deck,
bleeding and screaming.
Placed on Life-Boat
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NOVEMBER 13, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Fascism Stalks
Over Unsuspecting
People In Europe
Vincent Sheean’s New Book
Portrays Phases of Life
During Time of Conflict
NOT PEACE BUT A SWORD—by
Vincent Sheean, published by
Doubleday, Doran and Company.
We’ll have “not peace but a
sword” says Vincent Sheean in this
essentially human discussion of tht
endangerment of European stability
by Fascism. And why? This booK,
written before the outbreak, oi the
present conflict, gives a new, re
freshed exposition in a stimulating,
makes-you-want - to-do - somt
thing-about-it manner of reasons
for the inevitability of war, or
fate explained in his own words.
“So immense has been the Fascist
success, in continuous and widen-
ing process, that it is seriously to
be considered whether Germany
and Italy may not in time to comt
divide the continent of Europe be-
tween them, or Japan to assume
the conquering power in Asia.”
While all these clouds are black-
ening Europe’s already murky
horizon, while the wolf, Fascism,
is everyday coming more danger-
ously near the door of the democ
racies, the people, those we meet
every day, those who should be
looking out for the welfare of their
nation, are too complicatingly busy
with their own petty affairs to take
the trouble to keep posted on de-
velopments in the international
game of chess between Fascism and
democracy. The Ebro, Czechoslo-
vakia, Prague, any place so far from
home, has no significance more
than superficial for Mr. and Mrs.
Folks-Next-Door. This Vincent
Sheean tells most picturesquely in
his first, and most talked of chap-
ter, “The Thirteen Bus.”
Another deplorable situation is
the fact that even the national fig-
ures, men who are selected for ser-
vice by the people to represent
their interests, let Fascism gradu-
(Continued on page 5)
Rental Library
Offers New 'Hooks
Have you read “The Orapes of
Wrath,” John Steinbeck’s novel
that has seized the imagination and
interest of all America; or Vardis
Fisher’s Harper’s prize novel,
“Children of God,” a historical
story of the Mormons; or Peter Di-
Donato’s “Christ in Concrete,” the
amazing power and warm reality
which has moved its readers to a
high pitch of enthusiasm?
If you would like to keep up with
literary developments day by day
and week by week, you may find
these and other books of today in
the rental library and sales depart-
ment at the Little Shop of Person-
al Service.
The books found include Charles
Beard’s current history of the
United States, “America in Mid-
passage;’’ EVa Lips’ “Savage Sym-
phony;” Matchat’s contribution to
the “Rivers of America” series,
“Suwanee River;” Lloyd C. Douglas'
latest literary venture, “Disputed
Passage;’’ Du Gard’s “The Thi-
bault’s,” another family history
novel; Rupert Hughes’ “Stately
Timber;” Nordhoff and Hall’s last
book of the South Sea islands,
“Dark River;” Sharp’s highly en-
tertaining “Harlequin House;” Thir-
kell’s amusingly Victorian novel of
a family, “The Brandons;” Walk-
er’s “Dr. Norton’s Wife,” the popu -
lar story of a great woman; and
Huxley’s and Rex Stout’s detective
stories, “Murder on Safari” and
“Too Many Cooks.”
MITTENS — WOOL THREAD
KNITTING NEEDLES
CIGARETTES 15c
HICKS’
Ben Franklin Store
SATISFY YOUR HUNGER
—At—
Montevallo Grocery
Beauties who were selected top
favorites in Elite Night are pictured
above. They are, top row, left to
right, Helen Rockwell, Mary Dia-
mond, Vandalyn Lazenby. Bottom
row, Eva Love Wyatt and Margaret
Reddoch. Frances McCoy, who was
also chosen is not shown. Pictures
of these students; will appear in the
beauty section of the 1940 TECH-
NALA. (Yeager Studios)
Society Initiates
Head Activities
Of College Clubs
Kappa Delta Pi
Kappa Delta Pi’s formal initia-
tion and banquet, when six new
members were initiated, was held
November 7. Dr. Frazier Banks,
associate superintendent of the
Birmingham public schools, was
guest speaker.
Sara Christenberry, Amand Palm-
er, Helen Young Lewis, Iris Thom-
as, Katherine Thomason, and Lur-
line Thompson were made new
members of the national honorary
education fraternity.
During the banquet, Mr. Banks
spoke to the group of faculty and
student Kappa Delta Pi members
on the “Personality Qualifications
of a Teacher.”
* * *
Retail Club
“Distributive Education” was the
topic of the Retail club meeting,
Wednesday, November 8. Guest
speakers were Miss Cynthia Judson,
assistant director of distributive
education, and Miss Sivens.
The speakers explained just what
distributive education is, how it
works, and why this field should be
of interest to majors in retail ec-
onomics.
Distributive education is an open -
ing that is available to a college
graduate who has had one year of
continuous retail experience and is
qualified by personal qualities and
recommendations. It is a program
vvhereby people experienced in re-
tail economics, salesmanship, color,
line, design, and technical phases
of retailing sell their services as
personal teachers and also as in-
structors working between vocation-
al high schools and downtown
stores. These teachers hold classes
and training courses for depart-
ment stores, and promote other
teaching courses along the line of
retailing.
The speaker spoke of this field
as a challenging, demanding voca-
tion which requires “the stamina
of a marathon winner, the bloom-
ing health of a dairy maid, the
energy of Mrs. Roosevelt, and the
persuasive power of Mr. Roosevelt.”
But they added, “It’s fun if you like
it.”
mm*
Secretarial Club
The Secretarial club met, Novem -
ber 2, in east Main parlor. After
the business session, a short panto-
mime, “College Bred,” was present-
ed, read by Shirley Sneed. Stage
properties, curtain calls, and line
actions being enacted with panto-
mime gestures made the perform-
ance like a first night.
* * *
Home Economics Reception
Miss Marie White, southern re-
gional director of home economics,
was the guest speaker at the home
economics reception for faculty and
staff members, November 6.
Miss White spoke in Palmer
auditorium before the reception,
laying before her audience these
questions: Why did you come to
college; what do you want to be
able to do when you have finished?
Emphasizing the truth that one
gets out of college what one puts
into it, she reminded the students
(Continued on page 5)
Student betters
An anonymous article sub-
mitted for publication is being
printed on the editorial page of
this issue.
The editorial represents the
particular type of excellent
thought the ALABAMIAN staff
has been anxious to have the
students submit. However,
anonymous articles cannot be
printed hereafter. If the writer
does not. wish her name to ap-
pear in the paper, that condi-
tion may be made, if she reveals
her identity to the staff.
The staff also wishes to urge
that more students will make
more contributions.
Freshman Comedy
Wins Audience
By Mary Grace On-
Laughable incidents, droll char-
acters, clever contrasts—all of these
were qualities which made the
freshman play, FRESH FIELDS,
one of the most delightful comedies
seen on Palmer stage. The play was
presented under the direction of
Mr. Jack Warfield, on Saturday
evening, November 4.
Risque Scenes
The slightly risque scenes of this
comedy, brought about by the mis-
understanding of meanings in the
conversation between Lady Lillian
and Una Pidgeon, the young girl
from Australia, was carried off
smoothly. Other humorous scenes,
such as the love scene between Tim
Larcomb and Lady Lillian, the
butler’s awkward concealment of a
broken statue, and the unexpected
entrance of Mrs. Pidgeon at an in-
opportune moment, were done well.
In many plays where women have
to act the parts of men and non-
chalantly smoke a cigarette, it is
often done effeminately and un-
convincingly. This business, how-
ever, wasi handled well in this play
by Sarah Andrew in the role of
Tim Crabbe.
“Lady Lillian”
Dorothy Watson’s portrayal of
Lady Lillian Bedworthy, the self-
styled “princess in the tower,” was
good. Her mannerisms, her voice,
and her movements were in charac-
ter throughout the play. The com-
parison of the well-bred English-
woman, Lady Mary, and the blunt-
mannered Mrs. Pidgeon was brought
out effectively by Martha Ward and
Jeanne Espy.
It was delightful to the audience
to see how easily blonde Lois Blake
could be transformed to the black-
headed Australian, Tim Larcombe,
by the use of mascara.
Una Pidgeon, played by Caroline
King, was convincingly presented.
In her awkwardness and bluntness
she put a lot of the life into the
play.
Lady Strome, played by Carolyn
Robertson, was an impressing, aris-
tocratic person. The secretary, por-
trayed by Robbie Lee Linch, was
the typical, orderly sort of person
who does just what she is told. The
butler, as presented by Peggy Kirk,
was the correct English servant—
formal, yet humorous.
(Continued on page 5)
By Frances Ribble
Alumnae Secretary
Mary Hayes, who received an A.
B. degree from Alabama College in
1930, isi the only girl enrolled in the
University of Aabama’s Medical
school this year. Mary received a
master’s degree in English from the
University in 1936. Until this year,
when she decided to switch to the
medical profession, she has been
teaching English in the Southern
Association Experimental school at
Holtville.
Alabama College Graduates
Active in A. A. U. W.
Mae Foster Fuller, ’25, is presi-
dent of the Little Rock, Arkansas,
chapter of A. A. U. W. Miss Vick-
ery saw her when she attended the
national convention in Denver.
Abby Lou Sherrer Turner, ’32, is
president of the Athens branch,
and Nell Browder Bell, ’28, is presi-
dent of the Gadsden branch.
Eloise Lee Zerwick, ’29, is state
education chairman for the asso-
ciation.
Alabama College alumnae present
at the state A. A. U. W. meeting
in Florence, October 14, were: Ver-
tie Mae Helms Langston, ’25; Abby
Lou Sherrer Turner, ’32; Vera Grace
Mobley, ’33; Nell Browder Bell, ’28;
and Mariglen Cornelius Keller, ’13,
wife of Dr. J. A. Keller, president of
the State Teachers college, Flor-
ence.
Vertie Mae Helms Langston, ’25,
is now assistant director of the
training school, S. T. C., Florence.
Vera Grace Mobley, ’33, recently
took the position as secretary to
Dr. J. A. Keller, president of the
Florence State Teachers college.
Eulette Parker Francis, ’11, is
president of the Alabama Garden
clubs. A letter written by her de-
scribing the work of these clubs was
published in the October issue of
HOLLAND’S Magazine.
Graduate Students
Several Mobile alumnae teachers
attended graduate school last sum-
mer to work on their master’s de-
grees. Isabel Henderson, ’36, went
to the University of Cincinnati;
Betty Bishop, ’36, and Sybil Barnes,
’35, to the University of Chicago;
Billie Seibert, ’35, to the University
of Alabama; and Edith Richards,
’27, went to Harvard.
Phyllis Plank Robertson, ’39, is
assistant home supervisor of Mar-
shall county for the Farm Security
administration.
Ruby DeJernette Moore, ex-’33,
and her small son, Jimmy, Jr., were
recent visitors in Montevallo from
their home in Maywood, New Jer-
sey.
Inez Deas Sheffield, ex-’38, has a
new daughter, Dawn, born August
"Cute” Seems To Be
The Word For It
Everybody on the Campus Agrees
That the Word is Overworked—
But Nobody Neglects to Use It
CUTE—It means pretty ; it means
little; it means funny; it means a
person, a story, a pin, an animal;
consequently, it means nothing,
even though it means everything.
Mr. Kennerly suggested it in
physical science class during a dis-
cussion of Alabama College girls’
favorite adjective. This opinion was
that it was over-used, that it was
used to describe anything from a
baby just big enough to toddle to
the biggest football hero on Au-
burn’s team. Imogene Harris’ con-
tradictory mind began functioning,
and she decided to make a survey
of her own.
Used Numerous Times
It was true! Within two hours,
“cute” was exclaimed on every side
fifteen times, and later, five times
in fifteen minutes. A tiny pin, an
automobile, a ring, a dress, a news-
paper article, an artificial flower—
they were all “cute”!
Not convinced, Imogene began
asking pointblank, “What do you
think of the use of the word ‘cute’?’’
Five out of a group of six girls
agreed with Mr. Kennerly that it’s
overworked; the sixth did not com-
mit herself. One of the five declared
emphatically, “If you can’t say any-
thing except that I’m cute, don’t
say anything!”
Dean Napier doesn’t agree. Ac-
cording to him, that little adjective
is a very good word if correctly
used, and it isn’t nearly so over-
worked as it formerly was.
Faculty Opinions
Mrs. McNeill sticks to the opinion
that it should be used to describe
only that which is tiny, attractive,
and effiminate.
The physical education depart-
ment couldn’t “get together.” Miss
Saylor thinks we often use cute
when we mean nice, becomingly
pretty, or snappy. Miss Conn says
it’s an excellent word if used ap-
propriately, but she compared us to
the girl with such a one-word vo-
cabulary, who, upon viewing the
ocean for the first time, exclaimed,
“Oh, isn’t it cute!”
“The word is indispensable,”
commented Miss Caldwell.
Imogene let the matter drop when
Birdie Margaret Moorer, TECH-
NALA editor, on hearing about the
survey, said, “I think it’s cute.”
27, and named for Miss Dawn Ken-
nedy, head of the art department
at Alabama College.
Marriages
Recent marriages of alumnae in-
clude those of Sarah Tant, ex-’41,
to Hugh Davis of Chesterfield,
S. C., now at Aubum.
Carolyn Baker, ex-’40, to Carl
Edfeldt of Birmingham.
Irma Elaine Reaves, ’26, to Wil-
liam McLaughlin of Chicago on
October 5.
Washington Chapter Elects Officers
At the October meeting of the
Washington chapter the following
officers were elected: President,
Mamie Lou Smith Wheeler, ’18;
’dce-nresident, Marinette Loflin
Enzzor, ’26; and secretary-treasur-
er, Sara Howell Keen, ’31.
The group is planning a meeting
for December 9, at which time a
fund will be raised to contribute
toward Reynolds hall.
The Complete Food Store
ELLIOTTS
Candy
is delicious FOOD
ENJOY SOME EVERY DAY
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
NOVEMBER 13, 1939
Page 5
Your Room-Mate May Not Be So Perfect
But Neither Are You, in All Probability
“Is there a PERFECT room-
mate?”
Featured in the last issue of the
FLORIDA FLAMBEAU, Tallahas-
see, Florida, results of a recent
search show nothing but a compiled
list of room-mate shortcomings
which “hit home,” leaving us with
a guilty conscience.
“First of all, she says she simply
loathes the way you turn on that
Artie Shaw arrangement of ‘Jumpin’
Jive’ just when she is trying to
concentrate on that chemistry for-
mula.
She thinks that the very least
that you could do would be to pick
that dress up that you have left
lying in the middle of the room
for the last week or so. Why not
send it to the laundry this week
instead of next week, as planned?
It won’t hurt you to bend over; in
fact, you could eat an extra roll
as a reward.
One of the most annoying things
for you to do is to take the mail
from the current Romeo out of the
box so that you can surprise her,
only later to discover that you have
missed seeing her at the usual
time; so therefore, it is either lunch
time or dinner time when the small
cosmopolitan-like novelette written
in the Faith Baldwin style reaches
her lily-white hands.
It isn’t that your room-mate
doesn’t adore “bull sessions,” but
on the night before her toughest
test you drag in a dozen or more
playmates who are trying to idle
away a good two hours before buck-
ling down to work, she can hardly
be expected to care for it in a big
way.
“Let Freedom Ring”
O yeah, you are the little friend
who invariably wants to know pre-
cisely the second when she will
come dashing back to the room,
Book Review
(Continued from page 4)
ally creep near and nearer, becom-
ing a more ominous danger with
each farcical conference in which
Hitler triumphs. Sheean says,
“Nothing seems urgent to these
people with stiff white shirts and
double chins; they will meet and
discuss, and meet and discuss, and
write notes to each other, and think
up fine speeches, while the life
blood of our species drips cruelly
away, and the bones of our dead
are strewn cruelly from China to
Spain on fields where Fascism has
conquered.”
Sheean cites Spain as the sole
combatant of Fascism. He praises
the valor, courage, and real he-
mannish action of Spam and her
proletariat class in fighting against
this growing devil, whether they
knew what their object was or not.
He says, “Spam alone had resisted
and was still resisting the limitless
claims of Fascist imperialism,” and
“Valor and obstinacy are still worth
more than pusillanimity in a con-
flict of this significance.”
Sheean speaks of his adventures
in Spain very pictorially and ima-
ginatively. He answers such queries
as “What is an air raid really like?’’
and “How do the people live in the
warring regions?” He gets the com-
mon viewpoint without the loss of
content and intellectual value.
In all descriptions he puts objects
in terms that the average reader
can understand and imag i n e.
Sheean does not omit his extremely
interesting personal life, a fault so
commonly found among journalis-
tic writers, but it does not obtrude
and interfere with the purpose and
meaning of the book. Rarely do we
find a book so interestingly pre-
sented, and yet so chockfull of in-
formation that has illimitable value
to the understanding of you, me,
and Mr. and Mrs. Folks-Next-Door.
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and where she will be at the time
she is not in your presence. The
‘let freedom ring’ attitude is sup-
posedly adopted by Americans—why
not practice it?
Share and share alike is quite all
right, but when it gets to the point
that you prefer her bed to your
own, that’s bad. Be a “Goldilocks”
and pick the bed you want, and for
heaven’s sake don’t decide the day
after tomorrow that you want the
bear’s bed to throw your junk on.
Do be consistent. Remember that
she must have some place to get
some ‘shut-eye’ and with you all
over one bed and your dolls and
dishes all over the other, she hardly
has any place.
Borrowing
Just because you get invited down
to G’ville for a gala weekend, this
invitation doesn’t entitle you to
borrow hats, shoes, dresses, and
even stockings from your room-
mate. And if you do borrow, at
least bring some small shred of
the goods to prove that you did get
them down there.
“Roomie” doesn’t expect you to be
a personal maid to her, but just
every now and then she wishes you
would surprise her and wipe that
powder up off the dresser that you
insist in spreading all over. And in
case you don’t know where the
brooms and mops are kept she’d
be very glad to let you in on the
secret—and she will even show you
in case you never learned when
you took home economics in high
school.”
Now if you think the whole world
is all down on you and there is ab-
solutely no hope, the PERUVIAN
yearbook, proposes this toast:
“To her, who enjoys your most
intimate confidences, your successes,
and all your little everyday trag-
edies; who helps herself to your
last pair of silk stockings that
doesn’t have a run; and who is al-
ways using your nail polish; who
helps you dress in that wiTcl, last-
minute rush when your boy friend
is waiting; who knows your every
mood and sees through your little
white lies, and LOVES you for
them—your room-mate.”
Le Gallienne
(Continued from page 1)
her achievements are astounding.
Aside from the laudatory criticism
of her theatrical career she has
had honorary degrees bestowed up-
on her from Tufts, Russell Sage,
Smith, and Mt. Holyoke colleges,
and Brown university. Medals have
been presented her from the So-
ciety of Arts and Sciences and the
Town Hall club of New York, and
she received a five thousand dollar
award from PICTORIAL REVIEW
MAGAZINE.
Theatre, Center of Life
Unlike other members of her pro-
fession, Miss LeGallienne is still
an essentially simple person. The
theatre is not the entire scope of
her life, but merely the center
around which a vast number of in-
terests and activities revolve. There
is no more unspoiled star before
the public today. She said of the
first time she saw her name in
lights, “It was a strange sensation
seeing one’s name in lights. To my
surprise I did not find it pleasant.
I had always dreamed of it and
imagined it would be a grand and
glorious feeling, but the first time
I looked up at the front of the
house and saw LeGallienne shining
in bright electric bulbs, I felt so
frightened I wanted to run away
and hide. It seemed so ridiculous.
I felt ashamed and unworthy.” This
spirit of modesty caused Charles
Hanson Towne to say to her, “Mod-
esty goes with genius. It is seldom
related to mediocrity.”
Eva LeGallienne will play the
title role of “Hedda Gabler,” one of
her favorite parts, when she ap-
pears here. Ibsen said, “It was not
my desire to deal in this play with
so-called problems. What I wanted
to do was to depict human beings,
human emotions, and human des-
tinies upon a groundwork of cer-
tain of the social conditions and
principles of the present day.”
Miss LeGallienne says of “Hedda
Gabler,” “Among Ibsen’s works,
‘Hedda Gabler’ holds a high place,
equivalent to ‘Hamlet’ in those of
Shakespeare. I do not mean to im-
ply that Hedda resembles Hamlet,
but they both have the same irre-
sistable fascination. One never tires
of watching them, seeking the solu -
tion to their respective ‘mysteries.’ ”
Trainers at
SOME OF THE
LARGEST
UMIVERSITIES
CLAIM THEY
USE FROM
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MILES OF
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TAPE DURING
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OF 1926-27, WAS NEVER THROWN FOR
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Lil' Abner And Friends Visit Campus
In Celebration of "Sadie Hawkins Day"
To Sadie Hawkins students of
Alabama College owe a great deal,
for it was she, heroine of Dogpatch,
Kentucky, who formulated a turn-
about policy for girls to catch their
man.
Sadie Hawkins, bony, buck-
toothed belle of Dogpatch, Ken-
tucky, is now a happy bride, and
to her hundreds of would-be old-
maids owe their happy husbands'.
Sadie Hawkins is the wartiest
yungun of Hezekiah Hawkins, prom-
inent citizen of Dogpatch, Ken-
tucky. Now Sadie wasn’t exactly
“rushed” by the eligibles of Dog-
patch, so when the time came for
her to get hitched, her pa scratched
his head and told little Sadie not
to worry. Fifteen years later, Heze-
kiah Hawkins set his plan before
all Dogpatch.
“Be it on the firin’ of the first
cannon, that all them that’s young
men what has ten acres in peas,
start a-runnin.”
“Be it on the firin’ of the second
cannon, the gals start a-runnin’.”
“Be it that them gals which
catches them boys has to get hitch-
ed together right quick like, re-
gardless of color, creed, or form of
occupation.”
So many marriages were perform-
ed after the first Sadie Hawkins
Day, and so many bashful belles
and beaux were made happier, that
Sadie Hawkins Day has become a
national institution. On some cam-
puses, like Alabama College, the
lack of eligibles is so profound that
not one day a year, but every day
is Sadie Hawkins Day. Saturday,
November 3, was the official cele-
bration, for on that day, men of
(Continued from page 4)
that learning new experiences plays
as important role as studying. One’s
learning should become a part of
him.
Miss White will remain on the
campus for a week, working with
the home economics faculty and
staff in studying the course offer-
ings of the home economics de-
partment, and the chances for
learning experiences in this line of
work.
In the receiving line at the re-
ception were Dr. Lois Ackerley,
Miss Marie White, Dean and Mrs.
T. H. Napier, Miss Catherine For-
ney, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wills, Miss
Elnora Gammage, Miss Thelma
Graves, Miss Mildred Hart, and
President and Mrs. A. F. Harman.
The home management girls,
along with the faculty and staff,
acted as hostesses. Frozen fruit
salad, cheese straws, nuts, mints,
and coffee were served to a large
majority of the home economics
majors.
the faculty, as well as Aubumites,
and other dates could be chased.
Mr. Warfield, director of FRESH
FIELDS, fled for his life, or honor,
before his cast of wild women. Mr.
Southard, another eligible, took his
camera everywhere he went for
protection. Some freckled - faced
heroes were captured and scenes
ensued that should be recommended
for the freshman handbook. It’s
just like one girl in FRESH FIELDS
put it, “On Sadie Hawkins Day, we
get our man.’’
Letter to Students
Wooing Truck Driver
Asks For Picture
“If Sara Christenberry of Selma
isn’t the envy of everybody else on
the campus, it’s because folks
around here have no sense of
values.”
For this week Sara not only
heard from a man who admits he
is ‘‘of the Gary Cooper type,” but
who quotes measures to back up
his claim. This unknown correspon-
dent (“Could I have your picture,
please?”) says, “I am over 6 feet,
190 pounds, drive a truck, live
twenty-two miles from Niagara falls,
and do a lot of dancing.”
The whole thing started when
our truck driver “of the Gary Coop-
er type” read in his Buffalo paper
about Alabama College’s tall girls’
club, the Hi Cappa Cappas. The
thought of so many fair Southern
Amazons languishing at Montevallo
was a bit too much for this knight
of the pistons and spark plugs. He
grabs his pen and paper, and the
result is that the Hi Cappa Cappa
prexy is carrying around this com-
munication and trying to make up
her mind whether to send a pic-
ture of the whole club or—can you
blame her?—just one of herself.
Senior Play
Dear Friends:
Having just returned from our six
weeks tour I was glad to find on
my desk the newspaper clippings
and also the pictures of some of
your pretty girls.
It certainly was a splendid ex-
perience to play at your college and
from the conversations of the boys
of the band it was generally ac-
cepted as one of our most inter-
esting dates of the entire trip. I
also want to take this opportunity
of again expressing my very sin-
cere appreciation for returning my
watch whieh, by the way, has not
left me since then.
I sincerely hope that we shall
have the privilege of appearing at
your college again in the future and
confidently believe that it would
be another very successful engage-
ment. — William F. Santelmann,
Second Leader, U. S. Marine Band.
School of Air Becomes
Reality In New Programs
The “Alabama College School of
the Air” has opened new vistas for
educators over the state as well as
for people who desire instruction
but who are, for various reasons,
unable to go to school.
Two courses are now offered by
radio from the campus. “Art for
Fun,” arranged by Miss Dawn Ken-
nedy, head of the art department,
is broadcast at 2 o’clock each Tues-
day afternoon.
A music course entitled “Learn-
ing the Language of Music” de-
velops the layman’s appreciation of
good music. This program, prepared
by Mrs. Josephine Waller, high
school music supervisor, is on the
air each Thursday at 2 o’clock.
Both programs are broadcast
over radio station WAPI, Birming-
ham.
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tion manager for the play. Harriette
Donahoo is stage manager, and Lily
Ware stage designer. Their helpers
are Kapsoon Kim, Mary Belk, Doro -
thy McLeod, Helen Young Lewis,
Mary Ravenscroft, Martha Thomp-
son, Marion Bradford, Annie Mae
Paulk, Josephine Baldwin, Amanda
Keelyn, Mary Diamond, Eleanora
Stier, and Geraldine Camp.
The lighting committee is Mar-
garet Cook, chairman, Amand
Palmer, Sara Hewell, and Elouise
Peck.
The co-chairmen for costuming
are Katherine Thomason and Van-
dalyn Lazenby. Sara Christenberry
designed the costumes. The commit-
tee includes Mary Jo Wesson, Fran-
ces Sexton, Mary Cockrell, Barbara
Peck, Bernice Bynum, Laura Gar-
rett, Eva Green, and Mabelle Hale.
Properties co-chairmen are Fran-
ces Sarbrough and Mary Carson
Baker. The committee include0
Sharleen Wells, Mary Frances Mil-
ler, Mildred Nettles, Martha Wood,
Lorena Atkinson, Forrest Brans-
combe.
Mary Sitz is business manager.
Ticket committee members are
Mary Jo Raney, chairman, Mary
Crosthwaite, Alice Avery, and Lou-
ise Grissom.
Program Committee
The committee in charge of pro-
grams includes Marguerite Denny,
chairman, Jane Pitman, and Fran-
ces Page. Martha Terry is chairman
of the house committee. Her help-
ers are Emily Pratt, Frances Nor-
ton, Virginia Ingram, Jean Smith,
Rebecca Smith, Jerrene Lucas,
Mary Allison, Mary Helen Moore,
Iris Thomas, Celia Methvin, and
Martha Lee Stamps. Betty Archi-
bald will be publicity chairman.
Maoma Moore will serve as
prompter.
Men’s Feet Are Catching
Up In Size With Women
Amherst, Mass.—( ACP) — Plenty
of evidence has been brought out
to prove that the sizes of women’s
feet has increased a full size in two
generations. Now comes an indica-
tion that men’s feet are on the up
and up.
When the R. O. T. C. supply de-
partment at Massachusetts State
college came to uniforming the
freshmen, they found that all the
larger sizes of shoes were quickly
exhausted and 50 freshmen couldn’t
be shod.
PENNANTS—2 for 15c, 20c
CIGARETTES—15c
DAWSON’S
SANDWICHES and Hot BARBECUE
We deliver to the college—Phone 5801
College INN
Under new management
James Wooley
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NOVEMBER 13, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Gossip
Students Maintain
Pacifistic Views
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home that she immediately aroused
a seige of room sweeping when she
came back. Celia Methvin even
swept her room and believe it or
not, Renie made up her bed for the
occasion.
It seems that Anne Wills has gone
with Clay so long that Montevallo
people speak of her as “that Grif-
fin girl.” Better watch out, Anne,
or present your credentials.
Now this is the prize sissy story
of the week. Louise Morrissette
went to Atlanta for the weekend
and was to meet Gregg Allen and
Mildred Lewis to come back on the
train to Birmingham Sunday. On
her arrival at the terminal, she
found no A. C. gals, so she was
“scared” to ride from Atlanta to
Birmingham on the train by her -
self (or, was she?), so she made her
date get on the train and come
to Birmingham with her. Sounds
like a frame-up job really. Maybe
there is a method in your being a
“scairdy-cat”—is there?
Why is there a well-worn path
down by the home economics prac -
tice home on the way to the high
school? During Elite Night prac-
tice we can imagine the surprised
look on Tippy’s and Nell Wooten’s
faces when they discovered Miss
Gould—especially since she had
been the topic of their conversa-
tion.
The physical education majors
are quite strong, or maybe they are
strong when they get mad. At any
rate, Hewell got so mad over in
Hanson the other night, that
Butch Liles said Hewell slammed
the door so hard when she went
out that it knocked her mattress
on the floor. Better curb that tem •
per, Hewell, somebody might lose
their’s, too.
Miss McGhee (secretarial teach-
er) seems to be an authority on
quite a few things. She remarked
to her class that some people were
just as careless about investing’
their money as they were about
worrying people. Maybe you are in
the wrong department, Miss Mc-
Ghee, or are you going to estatfrish
another one?
We can understand the necessity
for beauty culture, Raborn, but
why the new hair dye—just when
you were going to New Orleans,
too!
On the recent personality exams
given to the freshman class, there is
a question asking: “Has there ever
been any insanity in your family?”
So Penny Simpler wrote, “Not un-
til I came to Alabama College.”
Maybe we should all be that truth-
ful, too, Penny.
Ole Ann Cumbee has said, “Sure,
kid, sure,” so much that she answ-
ers her teachers like that now.
These sociology majors! They
have to take a course in foods, and
Renie has become such a grand
chef that Celia has gained two
pounds eating the choice tidbits
that Renie brings over.
We have seen works of art, but
just what has happened to the
skeletons in the biology depart-
ment? They have taken up smok-
ing and trucking at the same time.
Is that what college does for you?
Perhaps we should leave all our
skeletons in the closet—with doors
locked.
A word of advice to Margaret
Reed: If she gets many more checks
for not signing in, she’s going to
come back after her graduation to
serve campus for a few weeks. It
seems that someone had a party in
your studio, too, doesn’t it, Mar-
garet?
It’s a good thing for some Sen-
ate members that you didn’t find
them the night you discovered the
men there. Look out, Senate, she’s
on the warpath.
We’ve heard of dumb things, but
the class in social psychology has
spent 10 weeks studying propaganda
with not a dip into the text book.
But it’s interesting, isn’t it?
Maybe it’s a good thing to al -
ways have rendezvous at night for
they can’t tell who they are meet-
ing—or was the swap intended? We
noticed the change of persons and
wondered if it was intentional or
was that the only way it could be
arranged? Just wondering, that’s
all.
And now, chillun, ye ole campus
snooper is tired and sleepy. Besides
your feet are probably good and
muddy by now. Just something to
chew on for a few days over the
back fence like all old maid gos-
sips. But again, let me say its given
in fun, take it that way. But also
take it to heart—if the cap fits,
then wear it.
'Night, chillun, until next time!
With all of the elements of the
nation ardently campaigning for
one side or the other in the cur-
rent debate over the United States’
position in the current world sit-
uation, college students are strongly
asserting their views on just what
should be done to clarify their
country’s stand on international
politics. Here is a summary of most
recent polls—a summary that tells
you just how the wind is blowing
so far as the nation’s undergrad-
uates are concerned:
1. A little more than 58 per cent
of the college youth favor the move
of the United States senate in vot-
ing repeal of the embargo against
shipment of arms to foreign nations.
2. However, when it comes to the
question of furnishing military aid
to the allies (Britain and Prance)
if they face defeat, collegians voted
68 per cent against sending our
men and machines across the Atlan-
tic.
3. The above vote is despite the
fact that 91 per cent of the under-
graduates favor the cause of the
allies against the totalitarian alli-
ance.
4. In keeping with the expres-
sions given above, 96 per cent voted
in the “no” column when asked if
they thought the United States
should enter the present European
war. In fact, 78 per cent indicated
that they would not volunteer for
service if the U. S. went to war
on the side of the allies.
5. On the other hand, 55 per cent
indicated that they would fight in
the United States army if we were
attacked. The surprising fact here
is the large number (45 per cent)
who indicated that they would not
fight even if our nation or its ter-
ritories were invaded.
All these facts seem to indicate
that the pacifistic views of the
nation’s collegians, so often express-
ed before, have changed little since
the opening of hostilities in Europe.
The general view seems to be that
the United States should not fight
abroad under any circumstances,
but that we should do all in our
power to aid the English-French
alliance to defeat the forces of Hit-
ler, Stalin, and Mussolini.
One may rightly assume from this
preliminary survey report that the
college youth is strongly maintain-
ing its view that the United States
should remain aloof to all foreign
entreaties that we should actively
enter the fight to again save dem-
ocracy from defeat. Just how strong
this view is entrenched will be prov-
en only when the defeat of the dem-
ocratic nations becomes imminent,
for then will come the real test of
whether or not they can passively
watch totalitarians assume an even
more dominant position in Europe.
News In Brief
Elite
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selected athlete. She was dressed
in a predominantly red plaid jack-
et model. Other athletic contest-
ants were Prances Croley, Harriet
Donahoo, and Bobby Brabston.
Emily Pratt, wearing black velvet,
was selected hostess. Her opponents
were Mary Carson Baker, Vandalyn
Lazenby, and Barbar Peck.
Maoma Moore, president of the
Scribblers’ club was selected act-
ress. She was dressed in black.
Ellen Preuit and Lois Sheffield were
also in this contest.
Edith Dees, president of the
Calkins Music club, was voted musi-
cian. She wore blue, transparent
velvet, fashioned with a bustle back
and front shirring. Other entrants
were Pay Prater, Gerry Camp, and
Olive Barnes.
Madie Belle Ward, editor of the
TOWER, is writer. She wore blue
and softly shaded plaid mouseline
de soie. Her opponents were Fran-
ces Scarbrough, Mary Sterne, and
Mary Louise Rheay.
Celia Methvin
(Continued from page 1)
confidentially, I’d like to raise dogs,
too.”
A small brownette with noble
features, Celia Methvin is an in-
spiration to all who work with her
or for her. To Celia’s room in Ram-
say, girls flock to “ ’fess their sins.’’
It’s like one freshman said, “When
I see Celia Methvin, I’m overcome
with the desire to do good.”
Dr. I. T. Sanders, professor of
sociology, conducted a discussion on
“Ancient Minds in a Modern World”
at the community forum held at
Glen iris school, Birmingham. The
purpose of these meetings are to
further adult education.
* * *
Dean and Mrs. T. H. Napier at-
tended the Methodist conference in
Birmingham to observe the union
of the Methodist church. Dean
Napier was reelected chairman of
the Board of Education and elected
delegate to the jurisdictional con-
ference.
* + *
Mr. Cary v. Stabler, professor of
history, attended the meeting of
the seventh historical association
in Lexington, Kentucky, November
2-4.
* * *
Honorable R. H. Mangum, Ala-
bama Power company official, Bir-
mingham, delivered the Armistice
day address, in Palmer hall, Nov-
ember 11. Reverend j. M. Shores
gave the invocation. Musical selec-
tions were furnished by the high
school band, directed by Mr. York
Kildea; and Edith Dees, who ren-
dered a solo, “Prayer.”
Mr. A. C. Keily, Birmingham
photographer, came to the campuf
Friday, November 10. He photo-
graphed the beauties and other
Elite Night winners. Mr. Killy made
pictures of a number of campus or-
ganizations.
Complete line of
Cosmetics
Wilson Drug Co.
There’s
G/m/
vfen
about Cigarette Tobaccos
There are four types
of tobaccos found in the more popular
cigarettes, namely... Bright, Maryland,
Burley and Turkish.
All THESE TOBACCOS except Turkish (which is
bought direct from the planters in Turkey and Greece)
and Maryland (which is bought through sealed bids
under government supervision) are bought at public
auction, just like any other auction where you might
have bought in a table or a chair.
.AlT THE AUCTION SALE the tobacco is piled in
baskets weighing from about 100 to 500 pounds and
each purchaser buys all of his tobaccos by competitive
bidding for the particular piles he wants.
The CHESTERFIELD BUYERS buy the best of
these mild ripe tobaccos for the Chesterfield blend.
And it is Chesterfield1 s Combination... the right amounts
of Burley and Bright..»just enough Maryland. .. and
just enough Turkish—that makes the big difference
between Chesterfield and other cigarettes.
It IS BECAUSE of this combination
that Chesterfields are COOLER, have
a BETTER TASTE and are DEFINITELY
MILDER. They are made of the world*s
best cigarette tobaccos. You cant buy
CHESTERFIELD
Copyright 1939, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
The Alabamian
Alabama College, the State College for Women
VOLUME XVII
Z 7
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, NOVEMBER 27, 1939
NUMBER 7
Dance Group
Will Portray
Famed Story
Speech Chorus Will Aid
Dancers’ Presentation
Of Christmas Story
The birth of Christ will be the
central theme of the Christmas
ballet by the dance group in Palmer
hall, December 8.
There will be five scenes in the
ballet, each introduced by the
speech chorus.
“And all went to be taxed”
will be the theme of the first scene,
featuring members of the modem
dance class. Angels and shepherds
will appear in the second scene,
as they give praise unto the Lord.
Dancers will be Elenora Stier, Eliza-
beth Stanley, Jane Pitman, Mary
Helen Moore, Frances Conley, Mild-
red Lewis, Jean Farr, Allee Robbins,
Grace Sims, Frances Croley, and
Mary Ravenscroft.
The third scene will be a “Cradle
Song,” a solo by Edith Dees.
The three Wise Men will be pic-
tured in the fourth scene. Jean Let-
son, Sara Christenberry, and Caro-
lyn Raborn portray these charac-
ters.
“Bell Song” will be given by the
dance group as the final scene.
The program is directed by Miss
Mildred Caldwell, dance instructor.
Speech chorus selections are under
the leadership of Miss Ellen-Haven
Gould, speech professor.
Sophomores Dance
Amid Decorations
Of Southern Days
On Saturday night, November 18,
the freshmen “danced” around, the
juniors “prommed” over from Han-
son, ana even some seniors “balled’’
through Main dormitory to watch
as the sophomores “hopped” around
getting ready for their class dance,
the first big social event of the
year.
Excitement ran high as the zero
hour, 8 o’clock, approached. Curious
freshmen (upperclassmen, too) eag-
er for the sight of men, settled
themselves comfortably on the
stairs or poked their inquisitive
noses through the railings. Periodic
“shooings” had no effect on them,
and one by one they trickled back
down the stairs. Some adventurers
braved the drizzly downpour and
parked on the benches in front of
Main, nodding their soddened, ker-
chiefed heads in approval when
they learned that “Mother McCoy”
had consented to let girls ride in
cars to save their gilded or silvered
toes and their perky curls.
Decorations
The wide columned veranda
where the orchestra was seated add-
ed that last touch of the Old South
to the Field House where Japanese
lanterns, Spanish moss, trellises,
flowers, and birdbaths lent an air
of enchantment. Hoops and bustles
of many shapes and sizes completed
the picture of a past era. The mu-
sic of the Auburn Plainsmen in-
spired tingling toes to a glorious
“tripping the light fantastic,” while
the Spanish moss swayed gently and
the Japanese lanterns winked their
approval of the whole scene.
Intermission provided sandwiches,
cookies, and punch, served by a bevy
of Southern beauties. And back
the dancers went to the bright
spotlights on the dance floor in re-
sponse to the irrestible music.
Twelve o’clock and these modern
Scarlet O’Haras left the plantation
for their dormitories to soak aching
feet and tell envious, admiring
friends what a glorious time they
had had. Then off to bed to relive
those magical moments when HE
whispered a very important secret
in their ears.
Bettie Continues Her
Role As Executive
She was playing her typical role
of Miss Executive when encountered
by an ALABAMIAN reporter—the
role which is so characteristic of
Bettie Archibald at all times. Hat-
ing to intrude on her business-like
procedures as publicity manager
for the senior play, the reporter
“skipped the interview.”
Previous to Elite Night and her
election as campus executive, Bet-
tie has been an outstanding per-
sonality — striking in appearance,
with her “just-stepped-out-of-a-
band-box” look, her cheerful smile
for everyone, and her infinite
amount of energy, which are all
unanimously wonders “how she does
it.”
To top all that, Bettie has again
displayed her excellent ability as
president of the Senate. In coopera-
tion with other organizations and
as a separate body, the Senate has
listed a great many accomplish-
ments for 1939-40 in keeping quiet
and improving the social etiquette
in the old dining hail; in improving
the general appearance of students
on the campus, especially in the
dining halls and the library; in the
revision of several rules; and in
upholding a high scholastic stand-
ing.
Numerous other abilities may be
attributed to her—Mr. Charles G.
Dobbins, former executive secretary
and publicity manager for the col-
lege, complimented very highly her
editorial and feature writing; the
senior class both compliments and
thanks her for the publicity she’s
given the senior play; her wide
circle of friends, as well as those
less intimately acquainted, praise
her and agree that “Bettie Archi-
bald is TOPS.”
Calendar
Monday, November 27—For-
mal Thanksgiving Dinner.
Tuesday, November 28 — Stu-
dent Body Meeting.
Thursday, November 30-Dec-
ember 3 — Thanksgiving Holi-
days.
Friday, December 8 — Dance
Group Program.
Saturday, December 9—Senior
Class Informal Dance.
Tuesday, December 12—Stu-
dent Body Meeting.
College Theatre
Presents Play
On December 15
Saturday Classes
Thursday classes will be held
Saturday, December 9, an-
nounces Dean T. H. Napier.
These classes will make up for
the time lost during Thanks-
giving holidays.
Thanksgiving holidays will
begin at the close of the school
day Wednesday, November 29.
“Well of the saints,” a play by
the Irish dramatist, John Milling-
ton Synge, will be the second pre-
sentation of the College Theatre
when it is given, December 15, at
8:15 in Palmer hall.
The play is set in a lonely moun-
tain region of east Ireland, one or
more centuries ago. Synge shows his
freshness and originality by his use
of quaint dialect and idioms of that
country.
Sara Christenberry will be the
wandering saint; Pauline McCool
will be Martin Dord, a weather-
beaten, blind beggar; Mary Dord,
blind wife of Martin, will be por-
trayed by Mary Grace Orr. Shirley
Sneed will be Timmy, a middle-
aged, vigorous smith, and Carolyn
King will be cast as Molly Byrne;
Nancy Vaughn will be Bride,
handsome young girl; Mat Simon
will be portrayed by Rose Weaver.
Others in the cast include Eleen
Thompson, Annie Lee Jones, Kath-
ryn Jones, Bonnie Bishop, and Vir-
ginia Nancarrow.
The Dancy Lectures Entitled
"The South To Posterity”
Are Published By Scribners
Dr. A. W. Vaughan, chairman
of the Dancy committee, is
author of foreword to publica-
tion.
C. H. Williams Speaks
On .Industrial Relations
To Sociology Classes
Alumnae Will Equip
Student Building
Much of the equipment for Rey-
nolds hall which is to be supplied
by the Alumnae association has al-
ready been selected, according to
Miss Dawn Kennedy, chairman of
the committee for equipping the
building.
The alumnae fund will be used to
furnish the reception hall, the
alumnae office, the men’s lounge,
the loafing porch, the auditorium,
and the large dining room. It is
hoped that other equipment may
be added by the alumnae >from time
to time.
Furnishings for the college union
building will suggest its function
through design and arrangement of
the furniture, but at the same time
will be in harmony with the archi-
tecture.
Suggestive of the southern col-
onial architecture, the reception
hall will be furnished rather for-
mally in rich tones of reds, blues
and greens. Through French doors
at the far end of the room will be
seen the loafing porch, equipped
with bone-white metal furniture,
and the garden court beyond.
The men’s lounge will have leath-
er furniture of harmonizing colors.
To allow for flexibility of arrange-
ment, folding metal tables will be
used in the large dining room. Seats
for the auditorium will be painted
wooden chairs.
Plans for the Y. W. C. A. tea-
room will soon be completed.
The first class to place a gift in
Reynolds hall will be the Class of
1942. What the gift will be is still
under consideration. Several other
organizations expect to help equip
their offices.
Clarence H. Williams, commis-
sioner of conciliation from the
United States Department of Labor,
lectured to students, November 20-
22, on industrial relations.
Mr. Williams described the work
of a labor conciliator and explain-
ed some of the problems encounter-
ed. He is one of fifty-five such
commissioners stationed in indus-
trialized sections of the country.
This series of lectures was spon-
sored by classes in contemporary
problems under the leadership of
Dr. I. T. Sanders and Miss Annie
Louise Pruitt, of the sociology de-
partment.
Thomas Davis Becomes
Pastor of Local Church
The Reverend Thomas M. Davis
will come to the Montevallo Pres-
byterian church as regular pastor
on December 1. For the past three
and a half years the Reverend
Davis has been pastor of the Ensley
Presbyterian Church in Birming-
ham.
Reverend Davis graduated from
Davidson college, North Carolina,
in the class of ’33. He is also a
graduate of Union seminary in
Richmond.
Mrs. Davis is a graduate of the
women’s college of the University
of North Carolina. She attended
General Assembly Training school
in Richmond. She has been direc-
tor of religious education at the
Druid Hills Presbyterian church in
Atlanta.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Mr. L. L. Rhudy, manager of the
Birmingham office of the Alabama
State Employment service, lectured
to the sociology classes, November
20. He described the work which
goes on in state employment offices
and discussed the difficulty in se-
curing workers for employers.
Miss Georgie Leeper, manager of
the supply store, has returned to
her work after a brief illness.
Coach Announces
Debate Question;
Tryouts Are Held
Upperclassmen were outnumbered
two to one at the debate tryouts,
Wednesday night, November 22.
Freshmen who tried out are:
Sara Rumbley, Shirley York, Mari-
lyn Hallman, Birdella Mickelson,
Ola Gay Cotney, and Mary T.
Adams. Two sophomores, Sara
Bums and Margaret Saxon, parti-
cipated. Yenna York was the only
junior who tried out.
J. H. Henning, professor in the
speech department and coach of
the varsity squiad, presented the
question for this year: “Resolved:
That the United States should fol-
low a policy of strict (economic and
military) isolation toward all na-
tions outside the western hemi-
sphere engaged in armed interna-
tional or civil conflict.”
The varsity squad, which will be
selected in the near (future, will
meet here on the campus, February
6, for the first “battle of wits.”
Vignettes of Play
Drawn by Reporter
“Hedda Gabler” wasn’t all Le-
Gallienne and Larimore and high
drama. Activities surrounding the
play furnished as much interest as
the production itself. Side glances
show this to be true.
Mr. Jack Warfield, who served as
stage manager, looked appealingly
before the day was over at Dr. I. T.
Sanders’ guest, the labor concilia-
tor. The union stage hands who set
the scene did not have the same
ideas on the subject as did Mr. War-
field.
Mr. Rhodes was almost, but not
quite, patient with the peculiarities
of the Yankee electricians.
There was a whole row of Jud-
son visitors from Marion, including
Bunyan Davie Napier, ex-Howard
student, now a staid ^professor.
Mr. Henning, the indefatigable
trouble-shooter, continued to be the
mainspring in the affair—the rea-
son it went off so smoothly.
Reporters sought out the leading
players to convince them that they
needed publicity in the ALABAM-
IAN.
Mr. Irving Beiman of the BIR-
MINGHAM POST came down “to
see Miss LeGallienne on a stage
that does her talents justice.”
Mr. Dobbins, former executive
secretary, returned for the play and
attracted as much attention as
Miss LeGallienne.
Most of all, the event was exciting
because it was another number of
a concert-lecture program which Ls
said to be the best in years.
Vaughan, Chairman of
Dancy Committee, Writes
Preface To Lectures
last
and
“The South to Posterity” is the
title Douglas Southall Freeman
gave his “history of Confederate
history,” presented here as the
Dancy lectures in April, 1939.
The book was published
month by Charles Scribners
Sons with a foreword by Dr. A. W.
Vaughan, head of the English de-
partment and chairman of the
faculty committee on the Dancy
lectures.
The Dancy lectures, endowed by
the late Unity Dandridge Dancy of
Morgan county, Alabama, “have
been dedicated to the revaluation of
culture in the Southern states,” in
the words of Dr. Vaughan. The
committee will invite biennially
some outstanding scholar in the
field of research in Southern litera-
ture and history to lecture here on
some specific phase of this subject.
The speaker selected for the lectures
next year is Lewis Mumford.
Book is Requested
Dr. Freeman says he wrote this
book as an answer to the thousands
of people who asked for deeper and
more serious material on the Civil
War period after reading Marga-
ret Mitchell’s GONE WITH THE
WIND and Clifford Dowdey’s
BUGLES BLOW NO MORE. Dr.
Freeman was interested in the re-
actions of these scholars who be-
came suddenly interested in the
history of this period. Many north-
erners became sympathizers with
the South. He says, “I began to
wonder if the children of the Con-
federates who lost the war in the
field were, in the realm of letters,
winning the peace.”
Serves as Bibliography
“The South to Posterity” is a re-
view of a lengthy bibliography of
those which “have the most endur-
ing interest and possess those ele-
ments of conviction, of sincerity
and of human appeal that have
brought a new generation of Ameri-
cans to an understanding of the
Southern point of view.” This study,
invaluable to specialists in Southern
history, achieves Dr. Freeman’s
goal of being a bibliography of the
most interesting, inspiring, and in-
formative material on this period,
which has just now reached the
stage where it can be sanely pro-
cured without a prejudiced coloring
by intense emotions and feelings.
Mr. W. J. Kennerly, head of the
physical science department, said of
the lectures last year, “Those whose
privilege it was to hear Dr. Free-
man, and who followed the simple
and pleasing manner by which he
presented his address to his aud-
ience, could not help but be in-
spired to reverence the loyalty and
valor exhibited by our forebears in
the tragic conflict which had such
a devastating effect upon our belov-
ed Southland.’’
Musical Convocation
Features Six Students
Six students were featured in a
music convocation in Palmer hall,
November 23. Marian Hughes sang
“Ho, Mr. Piper,” by Currar; “Thou
Art Lovely as a Flower,” by Schu-
mann; and an aria from MANON,
“L’ora O Tirsi” by Puccini.
Olive Barnes played “Toccato
and Fugue in D Minor,” an organ
composition by Bach.
Gerry Camp, violinist, played
“Indian Lament” by Dvorak-Kreis-
ler. She was accompanied by Rose
Adair Brown.
A piano solo by Margaret Mc-
Allister was “Ballade in A Flat"” by
Chopin.
Final number on the program was
a violin solo by Rebecca Under-
wood, accompanied by Rose Adair
Brown. The composition was “Czar-
das,” by Monti.
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NOVEMBER 27, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
EDITORIALS
Let Us Be Thankful
1601—Jamestown—“Thank God we are not at war
with the Indians.”
1783—13 colonies*—“Thank God our revolt was suc-
cessful and we are no longer at war or subject to
Great Britain.”
1918—United States of America — “Thank God
armistice has been signed—the world is once more
at peace.’’
1939—Every home, every town, throughout the
United States—“A fervent Thank God that we’ve
not become engaged in a war with Hitler and an
humble prayer that such a conflict may be averted.”
Every November since that first cold Thanksgiving
in Jamestown, when a handful of American settlers
met with their few Indian friends, a black doom
has shadowed the spirit of our national holiday.
From the first days when everyone “rustled” for
himself, up to the present day where every modern
convenience is at hand, the self -same fear has pre-
vailed—war.
Thanksgiving should take on a new meaning. At
a time when everyone should be at peace with his
brother—three weeks before the celebration of
“Peace on earth, good will toward men”—makes our
interpretation even more out of place.
Let’s make this one different. “For life, for love,
we thank God; for homes, for parents, brothers and
sisters, we thank God; for all those blessings, those
millions of “little things” that make life worth liv-
ing, that mean so much and are so hard to see,
We Thank God.”
Do We Lack Culture?
The heated discussions in a number of classrooms
and in groups over the campus concerning the way
in which the students here responded to many of
the serious moments of “Hedda Gabler” have been
presented against our culture because of occasional
inappropriate titters. Great indignation has been
aroused in students here.
In an interview made possible by Dr. Sanders of
the sociology department, Mr. Williams came to
their defense with the following statement:
“I think the girls’ conduct was very good. Any
inappropriate laughs were, I believe, due to spon-
taneous emotional release because of their great
absorption in the play. They were perhaps an un-
trained audience, but there is a reason for this. With
the increasing popularity of the movies, the legiti-
mate stage is very rare in most cities today. As a
result, few young people—or old ones—come in con-
tact with this phase of art. In my opinion, this is
regrettable; I think that Alabama College is quite
wise to include it in its program. Although a num-
ber of the students here have probably—I say prob-
ably because I don’t know this to be true—never
seen a play presented by the legitimate stage, now
is the opportunity for them to do so quite inexpen-
sively.”
Mr. Williams also praised other phases of the
college program here, saying that he thought it very
fine. In commenting on the students, he remarked
that they were very enthusiastic and full of life,
but with a seriousness of purpose in regard to study.
Mrs. Williams, his wife who visited on the campus
with him, said that campus life, rules, and regula-
tions here seemed very similar to those of the other
state colleges for women, especially North Carolina
College for Women at Greensboro, North Carolina,
which she attended. She said that she had enjoyed
eating in the college dining room again, since it had
been several years since she had had that experience.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Williams expressed a desire
to make a return visit to this campus, and the stu-
dent body hopes that they may do so soon.
Change and Exchange
Campus
Gossip
By 3 Snoopb
Hiya, chillun—This is ye ole cam-
pus snoop, not prowling around as
is so commonly thought, but idly
sitting here, pondering over the
various choice tidbits that have
come to my ever listening ears.
Since I seem to be the guy that’s
always sticking my nose in the
wrong place, it looks to me like I’ll
get it mashed before long — but
nevertheless, as the saying goes,
“the show must go on,” so have
off your shoes, chillun, hang your
heads together and let’s gossip!
They say Jasper boys often visit
our campus, but the ones who came
freshman hunting last Friday night
take the cake. Ask Elizabeth Looney
how to twiddle your thumbs if you
don’t believe it. And speaking of
Jasper reminds me of one other
thing—they are a great bunch for
gossip so they should enjoy this
column fine. At least one or two
of them who we could mention at
this time, but won’t. Not that they
would mind, for certainly they
couldn’t object to seeing their
name in print after some of the
“juicy tales” they concoct. And
now that we’re on this business of
pulling secrets outa the hat, how
about this: If the retailers in At-
lanta need reassurance that ye
snoop is always on the job any-
where and everywhere, maybe this
will help: Male dental students are
bad boys to play with—they’re al-
ways hard to pull.
Now for our usual word for the
faculty. Although we tease them
whenever we can, although we’d
like to cut their throats when they
insist we meet our Wednesday af-
ternoon classes before Thanksgiv-
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REPORTERS
Evelyn Weldon, Mary Rogers, Carolyn Jenkins, Peggy Kirk, Margaret Ritter, Margaret
Lee, Imogene Harris, Mary Grace Orr, Nancy Powers, Sara Reddoch, Imogene Foshee,
Gwendolyn Tittle, Annie Lee Jones, Frances Padgett, Sammie Dorrough, Mary Sue Ed-
wards, Virginia Martin, Margaret Dean Harris, Virginia Riddle, Fauvette Taylor, Caro-
lyn Breaux, Lilias Heblon, Berneese Dison, Jeanne Espy, Melba Ruth Jones, Dorothy
Sandlin, Frances Norris, Mary Edna Wallace, Frances Owens, Willanise Green,
Annie Ruth Beasley, Mary Carolyn Norris, Mary Beth Wilbanks,
Geraldine Hollis, Sara Burns, Jean Childress, Lucy Pegues.
ing, although we’ve bad some criti-
cism at their hands, there’s still a
soft spot in our hearts for them.
Anything that has been said in this
column at any time and has offend-
ed anyone—well again, we want to
say that we are sorry — but we
would like to give you something
to chew on and wonder about, con-
cerning our “Herr”—the noted pil-
lar behind the faculty baseball
squad. Our Dr. Reinke, who is,
among other things, a student of
population trends, has a novel
theory why the population of Mon-
tevallo has remained static in re-
cent years. Ask him about it some-
times. But how could one link that
with “A Tisket, A Tasket?” Was
there any special reason for having
the Stanbacker dedicate it to you,
Herr Reinke? We wonder about
these things, Herr, please don’t try
to keep secrets from us any longer!
I trust all ye fair maidens at-
tended the Concert-Lecture artists
program the other night? From
where I sat it was very evident that
we need some of the old traditional
aspects of the early Pilgrim
churches installed on our campus.
Next time, He well, don’t snore so
loud. You might disturb those near
you. By the way, Montevallo girls,
I know you will appreciate this:
You were probably all aware (and
how!) of a small representation
from a college in our state? Do
youse gals remember the scene
where Miss LeGallienne rushed over
to get the gun to give to her real
lover? I’m sure you do — well, it
happened this way, and not the
way as our highbrow pals from
Judson took it: One intellectual
among our own number was so com-
pletely engrossed in Eva’s perform-
ance and was so thoroughly living
every minute of the play that she
gasped, (out loud) at the stark
tragedy and horror of it all. Nat-
urally, it amused some of her co-
horts sitting near—as it might even
have truly amused the others if they
had known the truth—so they, the
Montevallo girls, laughed. To cut
the rest of the story short, one of
the Judson girls turned around, in
utter disdain (so she thought) and
made the remark to the girl sitting
by her “That this would never have
happened on OUR campus, would
it?” We didn’t catch the young
lady’s reply, but I imagine she
heartily agreed with her. We agree
also, something like that probably
wouldn’t happen on your campus,
for one reason that Montevallo girls
seem to have the unique ability to
find humor even in the drab things
of life, and secondly, there would
probably be no occasion that would
warrant such a happening. After
all. you did have to come here to
OUR campus even to get a glimpse
of the famed actress. ’Nuff said—
we’ll go to something else now. We
certainly need to, don’t you think?
Look before you lean is the best
policy, Corsby — especially where
“Wet Paint” signs are concerned.
All you artificials who are un-
successfully trying to act queenly
take notice. We have one real prin-
cess in our midst—Miss Montevallo.
Well, chillun, I hear the press
wheels moving. ’Bye ’til next time.
I clip
and snip
these strips
of quips
from quips
in strips
like this.
—Valparaiso Torch
* # * *
IN KEEPING WITH THANKSGIVING
Nit: I can tell the age of a turkey by the teeth.
Wit: A turkey has no teeth, dope.
Nit: No, but I have.
* * * *
She’s stopping at the mountain house,
But great seclusion seeks.
She aways dresses in the dark
Because the mountain peaks.
* * * *
Incidentally, money doesn’t make a fool out
of a girl as often as a girl makes money out of
a fool.
—Valparaiso Torch
* * * *
“Where’s my suitcase?” “Oh, I’ve spilled my
stocking!”
“Who’s seen the mate to this silk stocking?”
“If that taxi doesn’t come soon, I’ll lose my head!”
“Hurry up, or you’ll be left behind.” ,
Freshmen rushing to and fro
Impatiently waiting for the time to go
Out of range of each law and rule—
Their first glorious week end away from school.
—Florida Flambeau
* * * *
Give a girl an inch and she’ll make a bathing suit
out of it.
* * * *
TYPES OF MEN NOT TO DATE:
Trackmen: Reason—usually fast.
Biologist: Reason—enjoys cutting up.
Tennis man: Reason—enjoys a racket.
Baseball man: Reason—hits and runs.
* * * *
FAMOMS SAYINGS
Nero—Hot stuff. Keep the home fires burning.
Cleopatrar—You’re an easy Mark.
Helen—So this is Paris.
Noah—It floats.
—Hay Maker
* * * *
A freshman in this, week’s limelight is one of the
many students from Mobile. The height of her am-
bition is to be as much like her mother as possible.
This personality hit of the week is trying to start
a new fad on the campus by wearing bright finger-
nail polish as lipstick.
The freshman class is proud of her. She is as
Kalidoscopic as an acrobat, as Dr. Trumbauer states
it.
During the freshman play when Professor Warfield
suggested cutting her curls, our hit of the week
laughed in his face—
She is truly a Personality Hit. Can you guess who?
—N. P.
* * * *
The moon was white
The road was dark
A perfect place
To stop and park
I gave a sigh
I gave a moan
I cursed the fate
I was alone.
—Los Angeles COllegian
* * * *
Even a tombstone will say something good about
a fellow when he’s down. —The Reflector
* * * *
Student: I’m going home for Thanksgiving.
Fellow Student: Be more definite.
THE GRABBERWOCKY
’Twas Danzig and the Swastikoves
Did heil and hittle in the reich;
All Munchen were the English toves
And the Czechoes out-greich.
Beware the Grabberwock, my son!
The eyes that flame, the voice that scratch,
Beware the Fuehrer bird, and shun
His Chaplin moustache.
He took his umbrella firm in hand,
Long time appeasement then he sought
Back home he went to Parliament
And Chamberlained, and thought.
And as he stood in Cliveden thought
The Grabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came goering o’er the corridor
And gobelled as he came.
One two, one two, and through and through
The tanks and bombers went kersmack;
On Poleski’s dead, der Fuehrer fed
And went meinkampfing back.
And hast thou slain the Grabberwock?
Not on your life, my British boy!
O Vodka day; Deladier
O Churchill, ship ahoy!
’Twas Danzig and the Swistikoves
Did heil and hittle in the reich;
All wopsy were the Ribbentroves
And the reds muscoveich.
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
NOVEMBER 27, 1939
Page 3
Angels In Picture
Are "Dead Enders”
In Reform Role
By Jeanne Appleton
THE ANGELS WASH THEIR
FACES—Thursday and Friday.
The “Dead Enders” have swapped
sides in “The Angels Wash Their
Faces,” and all for a girl. Ann
Sheridan shows her acting ability
as a sympathetic social worker who
is behind the boys in their new-
found position of strictly law-abid-
ing citizens.
Despite their reformation, the
“Dead End Kids” are still live, ag-
gressive youngsters, exhibiting just
as much pep in helping the law as
they have shown before in evading
it. Ann Sheridan is cast as sister
of Frankie Thomas, who is wrong-
ly accused of a hideous arson in
the tenement section in which they
live. Donald Reagin, district attor-
ney, is convinced of Frankie’s inni-
cence and lends all his efforts to
discovering the real criminals.
When Billy Halop is elected mayor
in a Boys’ Week citizenship cam-
paign, he and his “Dead End” cabi-
net succeed in pointing out the real
criminals, a viscious gang of adults.
Bonita Granville and Jackie
Searl deserve praises for their
well-done parts. The picture is high
class melodrama with a new twist.
Its sociological value is indicative
of an important trend in motion
pictures for the last few years. In-
tellectual value is skillfully com-
bined with entertainment.
* * *
DAYTIME WIFE — Sunday and
Monday.
All womanhood’s heart throb,
Tyrone Power, and Linda Darnell,
star in “Daytime Wife.” This was
the vehicle selected especially to
exploit Linda Darnell in her first
starring role.
Tyrone Power, married to thor-
oughly charming Linda Darnell, has
not outgrown the childish notion
that he must have a little fun on
the side with his secretaries. Linda,
hoping to find out what is so fas-
cinating about secretaries, gets her-
self a job with Warren William as
her employer. Linda likes this
double life, a little too much, so
Tyrone thinks.
Circumstances climax when Ty-
rone and his secretary make a not
so happy foursome with Linda and
Warren. Fireworks with all the
dressings ensue.
Tyrone holds to the usual excel-
lence of his roles. Linda gets de-
served praise for acting like an
old trouper in her first stellar part.
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Pictured among the interesting features on the campus are: Bettie Archibald, (left), who is campus
executive (story on page 1); Tutwiler hall (center), dormitory nearing completion; senior retail majors
(right), who are working in Atlanta. They are, top row, left to right, Elise Hagood, Marie Orr, Annie
Jean O’Daniel; bottom row, left to right, Elizabeth Baker, Elizabeth Young, and Norma Hermann.
Le Gallienne, Larimore Give Description
Of Stage In Interviews With Reporter
By Mary Sterne
Broadway at Alabama College—
“The gay white way” to Palmer
hall littered with evening gowns
and tuxedoes. The hum of voices
and the cosmopolite atmosphere of
a foyer thick with cigarette smoke
and sophistication. Theatre seats
filling with “first nighters,” and
over all the hushed but audible air
of expectancy that heralds the ap-
pearance of a great actress.
Backstage — dimmed lights, the
electrician hovering over his giant
switchboard, the stage manager
talking softly to an assistant, the
calm typical of the professional
theatre. Downstairs in the star’s
dressing room, fifteen minutes be-
fore curtain time, Eva LeGallienne
extended a gracious hand to your
ALABAMIAN reporter.
Begins Career Early
This “lovely” lady of the theatre
—child of a great actor father and
a brilliant journalist mother—was
destined to the stage career which
she said “began’at the age of four-
teen, and if you want to figure it
out, I’m all of forty.” Miss LeGal-
lienne lit a cigarette and smiled as
she blew the smoke into the air.
“Of course I love to tour,” she
laughed indulgently as she answer-
ed the trite question. “One strikes
such enthusiastic audiences,” con-
tinued the great actress whose life
has been one continual tour of tal-
ent before universal audiences ever
since she was born in London and
raised in Paris by a French father1
and a mother who was the first
Scandinavian journalist.
Deplores War
Speaking of her youth in Europe,
Miss LeGallienne’s expression be-
came thoughtful for a moment as
she said, “That the Europe I knew
could be the Europe of raving mad-
ness I read about seems ridiculous.”
But Miss LeGallienne has evidence
as to the horror of it in the form
of her mother, Julie LeGallienne,
who, only a month ago, arrived
safely from Europe. “I was worried
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because she is a British subject.”
A knock at the door and the call,
“Fifteen minutes, Miss LeGal-
lienne,” interrupted her moment of
nostalgia. Changing the subject,
the talented artist said, “I love your
South,” which she says she had
never traveled any deeper into be-
fore than Virginia. “Now that I’ve
seen Alabama, I can hardly wait
to see quaint New Orleans, and I
want to send my mother some pra-
lines.” Turning the tables on the
reporter, Miss LeGallienne proceed-
ed to ask various questions about
the economic condition of the coun-
try surrounding Montevallo, the at-
titudes of Southerners, and about
the college until she realized it was
nearing curtain time.
She applied some rouge to her
cheeks and, in answer to the ques-
tion as to what her favorite role
was, laughed again and remarked,
“Now that would be as easy to
answer as to say who my favorite
author is, but I adore Ibsen—es-
pecially our streamlined transla-
tions. And I think one of my fav-
orites is Hedda whom I don’t hate
at all.” In fact, now that she has
been so intimately acquainted with
her for so long, Miss LeGallienne
almost understands Hedda, “and I
do pity her.”
The sound of applause and a
knock similar to the first, “Five
minutes, Miss LeGallienne.”
The actress, whose personality is
impossible to put in writing, again
extended her hand in farewell and
at her next appearance stood as
Hedda Gabler.
Larrimore Gives Interview
Fifth avenue came to Montevallo
—Passers-by assuming cosmopoli-
tan airs, little Negro children gaz-
ing into Dawson’s window resemb-
ling window shoppers of the upper
crust, and on the front porch of
the Hotel St. George—the veranda
of the New Yorker—sat Mr. Earle
Larimore, calmly smoking a Kool
cigarette despite the fact that the
trip from Birmingham to Monte-
vallo had taken hours riding
on a dinky train carrying the com-
pany’s
Traveling is one of Mr. Lari-
more’s greatest pleasures. “I’ve
never been any further South than
Richmond, Virginia, and this trip
is really a treat,” he told your
Alabamian reporter. This traveler
who takes any boat, anywhere,
whenever he can, has seen Europe
in the days before the World War.
He lingered a moment while speak-
ing of Holland—“You ought to see
the mothers scrubbing the child-
ren’s ears every morning in the
back yard.”
He seemed saddened for a moment
at the thought of the beauty of
Europe being destroyed, but “I
don’t believe we’ll be drawn into
the conflict. I pray that we will
not.’’ The man who lived in Ger-
many with a German family, speak-
ing no other language for a year,
also finds it hard to feel the hatred
that many express about that coun-
try he grew to love.
Among his favorite roles, Eilert
Lovborg was mentioned first, along
with other Ibsen characters.
Enjoys Radio Work
He always enjoys radio work. “It
was on an NBC broadcast of Peter
Pan, and I was playing Mr. Darling
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Scribblers Accept
Four Sophomores
The Scribblers’ club has admitted
four new members, all sophomores,
on the basis of some form of crea-
tive writing submitted by all con-
testants.
The four new members are Lucile
Argo, Marguerite Walton, Annie
Boyd Parker, and Mary Grace Orr.
* * *
Zeta Phi Eta
The Montevallo chapter of Zeta
Phi Eta met at the home of Miss
Ellen-Haven Gould recently to
make plans for the coming year.
The meeting was a combined busi-
ness and social meeting. Yenna
York was elected to take C&rolyn
Baker’s place as secretary.
Mary Green Johns gave a re-
port of the Zeta Phi Eta conven-
tion held at Lake Okiboji, Iowa,
during the summer. She attended
lectures which included ‘Character
Sketches in Norwegian Dialect,”
given by Anne Simley, instructor in
speech of the University of Minne-
sota.
SPORTS
By Sara Harris, Spdrts Editor
Hair Fashions
What about your hair? Is it too
dry, too oily ?j Do you have to have
it long, down to your shoulders, to
look stylish? Or maybe it won’t
take a permanent, and when you
want it to do this way, it’s sure to
do the other.
Mrs. Mahan of the Mahan Beau-
ty and Barber Shop has the facts
about your hair and other beauty
aids. She is just back from a four-
day stay at the South Central
Beauticians’ convention, which was
held in Birmingham, November 12-
15, where she heard lectures and
demonstrations by the leading hair
stylists from New York, Chicago,
and other large cities.
“Come in and have your hair
styled and a new permanent wave
put in the right way.”—Adv.
The college camp house, spot in
the wilderness “far from the mad-
dening crowd,” is going to have its
face lifted. This rustic abode is,
with age, getting a bit too rustic,
so the Athletic board plans to give
it an overhauling.
Under the supervision of Sara
Hewell, camp councilor, an army
of “board” members plan to as-
cend, armed, not with mud packs,
eyebrow tweezers, and other female
beautifying facilities, but with
paint brushes, paint, needles, and
thread.
The kitchen walls are to be paint-
ed a cream color; the chairs ana
tables are to be cream with blue
legs, although Ann Canon insisted
that she had never heard of blue
legs. (Maybe she’s never played
soccer in December.) A new heater
is to be put in the dining room,
the long table divided into four
smaller ones, and the color scheme
carried out as in the kitchen.
In the living room the piano,
fireplace, benches, and chairs are
going to be done over. Mary Dent
Mills and Yancey Bailey, the two
home economics majors on the
Athletic board, will display their
training by making curtains, cush-
ions, and covers for the living room.
Miss Margaret Cuninggim, the
art director, kindly gave her advice
as to what places needed “lifting”
most, and what to be done in each
case.
Through the Keyhole
Elenora Stier, preferably known
as “Cuz,” has the great honor of
being the smallest member in the
Physical Education department, al-
though Mary Ravenscroft runs a
close second. Cuz’s favorite pass-
time, besides practice teaching, is
writing her A B C’s in class.
I To balance the teeter-toter, we
have Dynamite, sometimes referred
to as Vera Belle, Vede Bell, or
just “more.” Her pet hate at the
present seems to be tumbling. She
says, “When I do a somersault, it
takes so long for all of me to get
over that the teacher leaves before
I’m through.”
Marion Simpler, the redheaded
freshman, who definitely isn't
fresh, (smell her hair tonic if you
don’t agree) promises to be a very
good in sports activities.
Out of this thorned bouquet of
roses thrown at physical educa-
tion majors a thornless rose goes to
Ann Canon. She, you “jitter bugs,”
is the female that works up the
dances given every two weeks by
the Athletic association, and it’s
agreed she does a “shagging” good
job.
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NOVEMBER 27, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Sophomore Will Be
Carnival Princess
Theda Wyatt has been selected
Montevallo princess in the Bir-
mingham Christmas carnival, Nov-
ember 30-December 3.
Theda is a sophomore and gains
her title from her residence in the
town of Montevallo. She will be a
princess in the carnival court and
will be an honor guest in the fes-
tivities.
The main parade of the carnival
will be held Friday night and the
ball for the entire court, Saturday
night. During the carnival, Theda
will be a guest at the Tutwiler
hotel.
Selection was made by the follow-
ing judges: Celia Methvin, chair-
man, Miss Frances Ribble, Dr.
Katherine Vickery, Mrs. W. F. Tid-
well, Mrs. F. P. Givhan, and Mrs.
Denson Elliott.
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(Continued from page 3)
This is the sort of picture that
makes you forget that term paper
and the latest “blow-out” from
your real-life beaux.
William Powell’s return to the
screen, after a two years vacation,
in “Another Thin Man,” with Myr-
na Loy, will be presented soon.
This is the third amusing detec-
tive story in the noted Thin Man
series. Myrna Loy again takes hon-
ors as a wife with the added at-
traction of motherhood. We anti-
cipate a return of Bill Powell’s
savoir faire and sophisticated com-
edy.
The newest Dr. Kildare picture
is scheduled for a not-too-far-date.
Lew Ayres will star, as before, in
this new one, “Secret of Dr. Kil-
dare.” Again the action centers
around hospital life, and doctors
and nurses take most of the action.
Robert Taylor and 'Greer Garson
will co-star in “Remember” soon.
Greer Garson is the actress who
was lauded for her superb perform-
ance in “Goodbye, Mr. Chips.” This
movie is a sentimental, heart warm-
ing love story.
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Le Gallienne and
Larimore Interview
(Continued from page 3)
to Miss LeGallienne’s Peter, that
she proposed this! present toi|r.”
He has the distinction of being the
first leading man in television, ap-
pearing on NBC’s first televised
skit, Mr. Larimore modestly ad-
mitted.
“But I especially enjoy directing
radio work,” and he smiled as he
recalled directing the geographer,
Hendrik Van Loon, once in a dram-
atic sketch.
His career on the stage has been
as interesting as the characters he
portrays and the travels he has en-
joyed. He went last in 192:2 to his
aunt who thought he had talent and
who helped him persuade a hor-
rified mother that the stage was a
perfectly honorable career. He has'
been associated with such actors
as Lunt and Fontaine, the late
Alice Brady, Edward G. Robinson;
and such authors as O’Neil, Sidney
Howard, and many others.
“You know,” this modern artist
confided to your reporter, winking
one brown eye, “I studied to be a
chemical engineer in college in Ore-
gon—isn’t that strange?”
Strange, yes, but Earle Larimore
must have been destined for the
stage; for that this charming, cul-
tured man could portray so vividly
the character of Eilert Lovborg is
proof enough.
Novel Bookmarks
Appear In Library
Have you lost something lately,
and would you like to know what
became of it? It MIGHT be some-
where else, but a good guess is that
you forgot to take it out of that
book that you took back to the
library this morning.
Remember how you suddenly re-
called—about eight minutes after
the first bell—that the book was
due today, so you grabbed it and
left it at the library on your way
to class? You couldn’t bother to
look through the book then — not
when you had a test coming off
that needed two minutes extra
study. But wasn’t it disconcerting
to be unable to find the notes you’d
taken when you read the book?
Every day the library girls collect
a pile of notes, papers, letters,
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schedules, kleenex, stamps, and
chewing gum that you absentmind-
edly leave in the books you use.
Perhaps you’d better be careful
about those love letters. When the
girls have read everything else in
the library — well, you never can
tell.
Kleenex is definitely bad; letters
and notes are mediocre; but post-
age stamps that haven’t been used,
and chewing gum that’s still in the
wrapper—though they rarely occur
—are excellent, especially if you
leave them in the book.
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The Alabamian
Alabama College, the State College for Women
VOLUME XVII
Z 7
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, DECEMBER 11, 1939
NUMBER 8
Our First Scientist
Reveals Ambitions
In the library, where everyone,
the elite, the faculty members, and
the ordinary student, goes to pur-
sue study, read, and day dream of
the future, finally I found her.
It was a true picture. Half-hidden
behind a book in which she was en-
grossed, her long, slender hands,
capable of doing a doctor’s work,
stroking the head of a dirty look-
ing dog, sat your Campus Scien-
tist, Amanda Keelyn. The book, A
DOCTOR FOR THE PEOPLE,
struck me as significant when I
interrupted her for an interview.
“I’ve always been interested in
science. When I was about five
years old, someone gave me a little
black and white baby chicken. One
day I chopped off his foot in the
back yard—so I took him in the
house and splintered it up with
matches. All in due time he got
well. He was hobbling around af-
ter me, and I slammed the door
on him. Could I help it if/one foot
was bandaged, and he didn’t make
any noise on the other? To make
a long story short, I cut off both
his legs—he died.
“I decided then to be a doctor
so I could fix up my wounded pets.
The only time my doctor’s know-
ledge wasn’t sufficient was when
one of the cats bit another’s tail
(Continued on page 3)
Topic For Debate
Is U.S. Isolation
A large debate squad, under the
supervision of j. H. Henning and
Miss Margaret Flory, is making ex-
tensive plans for this debate sea-
son. The national question is:
“Resolved: That the United States
should follow a policy of strict
(economic and military) isolation
toward all nations outside the west-
ern hemisphere engaged in armed,
international or civil, conflict.”
The squad will eventually be di-
vided into groups, one under the
direction of Mr. Henning and the
other under the direction of Miss
Florey. Each group will have an in-
dividual schedule. This plan is for
the purpose of giving opportunities
to more students.
Debates already are scheduled
with Wheaton college, Wheaton,
Illinois, February 6, and Mississippi
State College for Women, Colum-
bus, Mississippi, March 12, Both
will be held here. The squad is
planning to attend two major tour-
naments, the pi Kappa Delta tour-
nament, Knoxville, Tennessee,
March 18-23, and Grand Eastern
tournament, W i nthrop college,
Rock Hill, South Carolina, April 11-
13. Mr. Henning is working on plans
for a northern tour which will ex-
tend into Ohio.
Annie Mae Paulk is the only
senior on the squad. Juniors are
Gladys Puller and Yenna York.
Sophomores who will debate are
Sara Eugenia Burns, Margaret Sax-
on, and Sara Peck Weaver. Fresh-
men debaters are Mary Adams,
Annie Ruth Beasley, Ola Gay Cot-
ney, Marilyn Fallman, Peggy Kirk,
Birdella Mickelson, Doris Payne,
Sara Rumbley, Peggy Seay, Mar-
jorie Stith, and Shirley York.
Count'em Yourself
Until the last few years in
the history of the ALABAMIAN,
six-page editions have been
considered a remarkable feat.
“History has been made again”
with this publication of eight
pages length.
It’s your Christmas surprise.
Citizenship Day
Program Features
Collins In Contest
Plans have been made for Sup-
erintendent A. H. Collins of the
state department of education to
speak at the local celebration of
Citizenship Day, December 14, in
Palmer auditorium.
December 14, as the one hundred
twentieth anniversary of Alabama’s
statehood, has been set aside in
honor of those young men and
women who have reached their
twenty-first birthdays since last
June or will be twenty-one before
next June. County and community
celebrations throughout Alabama
are being planned under the spon-
sorship of the Alabama Congress
of Parents and Teachers, with the
cooperation of the American Le-
gion, Alabama Education associa-
tion, Alabama Federation of Wom-
en’s Clubs, Department of Educa-
tion, Kiwanis, and Rotary. The lo-
cal planning committee, appointed
by Mrs. Fred Frost, president of the
P. T. A., is J. L. Appleton, chair-
man, Miss Olivia Lawson, Mrs. W.
F. Tidwell, and Mrs. O. B. Cooper
as advisory members.
President A. F. Harman, in the
SHELBY COUNTY DEMOCRAT,
said, “Let me say that I approve
wholeheartedly any sane effort for
obtaining a more active and intel-
ligent citizenship. This need of an
improved citizenship lies equally to
local, state, and national govern-
ment. Education, particularly at
the higher levels, cannot well es-
cape its responsibility with respect
to this very important service.”
The state sponsoring committee
asks:
“Is the democratic way of life
safe in Alabama:
“1. When less than half of the
population of voting age is quali-
fied to vote?
“2. When less than one-third of
the population of voting age takes
part in selecting officials respon-
sible for the enactment and admin-
istration of the laws of the state?
“3. When only eight per cent of
the population of voting age de-
cides the fate of proposed amend-
ments to the State Constitution?”
Speech Majors Present
Christmas Program
The speech department and or-
ganizations will present a Christ-
mas program for the student body,
faculty, and general public in Palm-
er hall, Saturday, evening, Decem-
ber 16, at 7:30.
Ellen Preuit is general chairman
for the program. Serving as her
committeemen are Hazel Morrow,
president, Speech Chorus; Annie
Mae Paulk, president, Pi Kappa
Delta; Mary Green Johns, presi-
dent, Zeta Phi Eta; Kate Corcoran,
president, National Collegiate Play-
ers; and Gladys Fuller, president,
Story Telling group.
The program will include two
Yuletide selections by the Speech
Chorus, concluded by “ ’Twas the
Night Before Christmas,” and read-
ings by speech students. Kate Cor-
coran will present “The Sampler”
by Wilmot. Christine Grif-
fin’s number will be “Christmas
Everywhere” by Sechrist. “A Pint of
Judgment” by Elizabeth Morrow
will be read by another speech stu-
dent, as yet not selected. Another
division of the program will be a
“Spicy Christmas Pudding” of mis-
cellaneous holiday numbers.
After the program the organiza-
tion will hold their Christmas party
an tree on the stage. Annie Mae
Paulk is in charge of refreshments.
College Inaugurates Vocational
Advisory Service For Women
Of State; Miss Gachet Is Director
poc-blELkt Vow CflctJE-r
College Theatre
Gives Irish Drama
December 15
College Theatre will present John
Millington Singe’s “Well of the
Saints,” a drama that skillfully
combines the tragic, grotesque, and
brutal with the poetic, in Palmer
hall, December 15, at 8:15 o’clock.
The plot centers around a blind
couple who, under that thing, are
physically handsome, discover their
true appearance when a saint re-
stores their sight. The drama is
thoroughly Irish, but its theme is
international and undated in its
symbolization. The play is valuable
for its broad implications rather
than its narrow perspective. All the
characters are universal figures.
The thought behind the play is the
conflict between the ugly and the
beautiful; the struggle of obtaining
beauty through ugliness.
Noted Use of Dialect
John Millington Singe, who is a
dramatist of the Irish Renaissance
period, is noted for his skillful use
of Irish dialect. His writings are
almost poetry through the use of
this talent. Singe was a skilled mu-
sician and linguist as well as play-
wright. In spite of his short life, he
wrote many dramas.
Pauline MeCool will take the part
of blind Martin, with Mary Grace
Orr playing opposite him as his
wife, Mary Shirley Sneed will play
Timmy. Carolyn King will be Molly.
The Saint will be portrayed by Sara
Christenberry.
Other members of the cast will
be Nancy Vaughn, Rose Weaver,
Eleen Thompson, Bonnie Bishop,
Pat Bozenhard, Mary Anne Ed-
wards, Helen Harris, Claire Nell
Lynn, Virginia Nancarrow, Annie
Lee Jones, Annie Mae Paulk, Nell
Wooten, Dorothy Coleman, Mary
Scott Howell, and Christine Griffin.
(greetings!
When Christmas-time comes this
year, students everywhere will re-
joice that another season enters
with happiness and with triumph.
Let us give thanks that our campus
embraces a peace which includes
both religious tolerance and racial
good-will. Let us give thanks that
we pursue our goal in education
with freedom from ritualized pro-
cedures and sterotyped passions.
With the good things that are
ours, we can afford to say each to
the other, “A Merry Christmas fol-
lowed by a Happy New Year are my
wishes for you,” and we can be
reasonably certain that those wishes
will not die an unholy death in the
midst of strife.
As we approach the Christmas
season knowing that its celebration
is in honor of One who lived and
died to make of us a peaceful peo-
ple, we wish peace and happiness
for you—the students, the admin-
istration, the faculty, and the
alumnae of our Alma Mater.
Celia Methvin, President,
Student Government Association
Addition Will Be Made
To High School Building
Head of Service
Comes Here From
Arlington Hall
“The contract for a four-room
addition to the high school was
awarded to Monroe and Coker Con-
struction company of Sylacauga,
Thursday, December 4, by the Shel-
by county board of education,” an-
nounced J. L. Appleton, superin-
tendent of education. Work will be-
gin in about ten days. This annex
will be constructed with PWA aid.
A two-classroom wing will be add-
ed at each end of the building with
a basement under the east wing.
The style of architecture will match
the present building, even to in-
terior finish. This addition has been
needed for several years due to a
growing student body and curricu-
lum. The cost of the new construc- j
tion will be $13,700.
With the appointment by Presi-
dent A. F. Harman of Miss Rochelle
Rodd Gachet as its director, Ala-
bama College this week announces
the inauguration of a Vocational
Advisory service for the women of
Alabama.
“Alabama women long have need-
ed guidance in their employment
problems,” President Harman said,
in his formal statement, “and Ala-
bama College, as the State Collsge
for Women, is favorably circum-
stanced to render this service to the
people of the state.
“Sound vocational advice must of
necessity be based on a thorough
knowledge of employment needs in
the state, and of the facilities for
meeting those needs, and of the op-
portunities for training to fill the
jobs available,” Dr. Harman point-
ed out. The Vocational Advisory ser-
vice at Alabama College will carry
on research along these suggested
lmes, on a state-wide basis, and
will keep its information up-to-
date.
Function of Advisory Service
Such research affords a sound
background for the chief function of
the Vocational Advisory service,
which will be to put the result of
its studies and its advisory facili-
ties at the disposal of Alabama
women for application to their per-
sonal problems.
This service will bring together
the job and the trained woman
worker in a socially useful way,
tending to reduce unemployment.
Miss Rochelle Rodd Gachet, who
will direct this new arm of the
Montevallo service program, comes
to her work from Arlington Hall,
Washington, D. C., outstanding
among eastern schools for girls. At
Arlington Hall Miss Gachet has
been director of admissions and a
member of the faculty.
'Miss Gachet is a Phi Beta Kap-
pa graduate of Newcomb college,
Tulane university, and holds a
master’s degree from the University
of Chicago where she majored in
personnel work. She has held sev-
eral national offices in Alpha Omi-
cron Pi, her social sorority.
Positions in Washington
After teaching for several years
at Alabama College, Miss Gachet
went to Washington when the
United States entered the war in
1917. There she did statistical work,
and later served in thfe Veterans’
bureau. In the intervening years
she has been identified with the
work of the American Engineering
Standards association, with a New
York advertising agency, and for
several years as statistician of the
sales promotion division of the Ala-
bama Power company.
Miss Gachet returned to the field
of higher education in 1938. She
has already tendered her resigna-
tion to Arlington Hall in order to
take up her new work at Alabama
College, arriving at the beginning
of the second semester.
Friday, December 15 — Mrs.
Harman’s tea for the student
body.
“Well of the Saints.”
Saturday, December 16—
Speech department program.
Monday, December 18—“Twi-
light Scene,” play directed by
Kapsoon Kim.
Wednesday, December 20—
Christmas vacation begins.
January 4,—Classes begin.
Page 2
DECEMBER 11, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
EDITORIALS
Our Future In Education
Like every other advancement that has been made
in civilization—electricity, the airplane, even the
discovery of our own country—the advancement and
improvement in types of education, according to
the masses, “is a fool-hardy attempt which couldn't
possibly work.” Only those oi us who know and un-
derstand and work with the theory see the great
future for the more progressively educated stuaeni.
Recently there appeared an editorial in THE
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER describing the prog-
ressive education which is having such an influ-
ence on Alabama schools today. The same explana-
tions and descriptions can be made of the Monte-
vallo training school, where the education is gam-
ing a footnold. The school is supervised by Dr. M. L.
Orr and carried on by a group of well-trained
teachers, with Mr. W. F. Tidwell as principal.
The Montevallo school is progressive in tnat it is
an advance over the traditional type of teacmng.
“Essentially, it seeks to make the student a partner
in the process of learning instead of a, subject upon
which the learning is imposed. The conduct of
classes is also radically diilerent. The children neip
decide the order of the work to be taken up arid to
a large degree the extensiveness of the treatment.
The fundamentals of reading, writing, and aritnme-
tic are taught almost soiely through creation of
situations where exercises of one or more of the
three are both natural and necessary.”
The teacher is no longer the dictatorial soul who
makes you sit on a stool, wearing a dunce cap. “One
of the most important aspects of this pattern oi in-
struction is the shifting of responsibility to the stu-
dent. Strict order in the old sense is never even
asked for. However, the students impose rules of
conduct which are designed to help the group.”
The movement is one of the most democratic in
the history of education. While it continues in the
experimental stage, there will be mistakes made and
many loopholes to be sewed up. But a* true democ-
racy cannot fail. Its converts, which are increasing
daily, will not let it. ^
We Aim To Satisfy
Did you ever try to satisfy two people at the same
time—two people whose whims and thoughts were
exactly opposite? As a result, you find that no one
is satisfied, that everyone concerned is hurt because
he didn’t receive first consideration.
That’s the problem the ALABAMIAN staff faces
frequently; we are confronted with complaints and
criticism because some article failed to appear in
print, some news source wasn’t sufficiently covered,
or some material was not viewed from a certain
angle.
Perhaps all such criticisms are just. We are not
trying to set ourselves up as examples of perfection
—we realize that we make mistakes, and your con-
structive criticisms are appreciated and will be taken
into consideration.
In exchange, we should appreciate your considera-
tion. You can’t see behind the scenes, the unforseen
difficulties, the squeezing and twisting of material
to make it fit, the indecision over what’s,to be left
out, what put in. It’s a case where material must
be made to fit the paper, not newspaper to fit the
material.
Should our, reporter fail to see you, and you have
important news you wish to print, please tell any
member of the staff—we’ll do everything we can to
satisfy you.
If your complaint hasn’t been covered, and you
still have a suggestion, don’t hesitate—we want you
to be satisfied.
Campus
Gossip
By 3 Snoopb
Well, here we are again and*busi-
ness is good as ever, or should I
say the ol’ campus snoops are
snooping as well as ever?
I want to make two apologies be-
fore I let you in on some inside
dope. No. 1. Back up to the Senior
Class Play—you know—“Romances
by Emma”—well, backstage we had
a sit-down strike. Yeah, Cookie
and Hewell got jealous of Warfield’s
ability to do lights—Scared they’ll
put you in the shade? Oh, well—
I think the seniors understand—
or do they? No. 2 is the fact that
Gwendolyn Tittle got accused of
telling or reporting about the Jas-
per gossip. Jasper gang, don’t you
know it isn’t ever a person that
knows all it tells, it is the ones
that only have a “snooping” idea
and Gwen knows all or nothing?
She had nothing to do about it, so
“lay off” or go out in front of Main
—you might find out.
Now that the apologies are over,
here goes!!
Wonder if the Perfect Crime is
still perfect. Hope we can tell you
in the near future before the year
of 1940, or at least before our dear
seniors start taking different roads
to the same life, or maybe I should
say SAME END. Wonder if a few
will continue at A. C.? Wonder how
the three stooges are getting along
without Hilda Stevens, or was
Hilda the stooge? Hilda, you are
a smart girl. Here’s to you!
We want to offer the “Great
Five” of the senior class all our
sympathy over the slight split-up
—sorry three of them haven’t got
what it takes, or does it take exer-
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Manager, Mary Jo Raney; Feature Editor, Mary Sterne; Copy Editor, Martha McRae;
Speech Editor, Jeanne Appleton; Sports Editor, Sara Harris; Club Editor, Nancy
Weems; Society Editor, Frances Roberts; Advertising Managers, Ollis Mills, Amanda
Keelyn, Margaret Cook; Circulation Managers, Charlotte Meinwald, Lois Maples;
Typist, Forrest Branscombe.
REPORTERS
Evelyn Weldon, Mary Rogers, Carolyn Jenkins, Peggy Kirk, Margaret Ritter, Margaret
Lee, Imogene Harris, Mary Grace Orr, Nancy Powers, Sara Reddoch, Imogene Foshee,
Gwendolyn Tittle, Annie Lee Jones, Frances Padgett, Sammie Dorrough, Mary Sue Ed-
wards, Virginia Martin, Margaret Dean Harris, Virginia Riddle, Fauvette Taylor, Caro-
lyn Breaux, Lilias Heblon, Berneese Dison, Jeanne Espy, Melba Ruth Jones, Dorothy
Sandlin, Frances Norris, Mary Edna Wallace, Frances Owens, Willanise Green,
Annie Ruth Beasley, Mary Carolyn Norris, Mary Beth Wilbanks,
Geraldine Hollis, Sara Burns, Jean Childress, Lucy Pegues.
tion for you all and the start was
too late?
Have you received an invitation
to Celia Methvin’s party Saturday
night? I guarantee it will be well
worth attending, especially after
she spotted Retha Deal’s jacket
that’s full of different kinds of—
what?—oh, pardon me—recipes!
Pardon, but it’s just a senior
speaking — I do hope two juniors
who are looking forward to Crook
Week with so much anticipation
won’t be disappointed and that
you will continue with the same
attitude after Crook Week. We are
terribly sorry we can’t show ev-
eryone as much attention as they
would like.
Miss Grissom, don’t you know you
can’t run a red light even though
you do have a car full of kids?
Shame, shame.
Have you seen the latest display
by the adolescents in their alley.
By the display, could they be brag-
ging about what clean heads they
have or their Drene’s?
What junior is there that has
an earache every night before she
goes to bed, caused by listening so
hard for a few pins to drop, or is
it the needle in the wrong haystack?
Forrest—shame on you for teach-
ing unsuspecting souls things that
aren't nice—
It was a great day for this cam-
pus when the ol’ song, “Oh, John-
ny,” was revived. So many names
can be substituted.
Donahoo, we know you liked the
song, but we didn’t know singing
“South of the Border” in the show-
er could be so engrossing that you
wouldn’t hear fire drill.
Loisita, who is the poetry victim,
or are you not taking speech this
year?
The seniors (only a small per
cent) seem to be having trouble with
genetics, or is it the problems that
are not up to progressive educa-
tion?
Early to bed and early to rise
makes a woman healthy, wealthy
and wise. Are you listening Main?
Congratulations, Ingram, on stay-
ing one night in Hanson without
getting checks for noise you didn’t
make!
Ramsay IS a nice dormitory, isn’t
it, Peggy?
A bit off the track for a minute,
but I’m sure the Bloch Ed gals
would like to hand an orchid to
Anderson and Orr—and to the rest
of the faculty who believe in prog-
ressive education—if any!
And if you are a close observer,
it. might be fun to watch the ef-
fect that some songs have on dif-
ferent people--
Ann Cumbee is absentminded or
is she just interested or carrying
over her home activities with her
school activities? Imagine! Brushing
your teeth then carrying your tooth-
brush to class with your pencils.
Penny better watch her. She really
has a vocabulary.
Quote—Bettie Archibald: Angelic
Senate members include Heaven
Hope Balch, unquote. — according
to the latest senate meeting.
Scientists, especially those who
aspire to be doctors, should refrain
from having flu. Get well in a
(Continued on page 6)
Change and Exchange
This column thinks it’s a good idea to stop now
and then in the midst of the school year and take
account of what has happened so far. When we do,
we see right away that it behooves us to hand out
orchids to not a few on the campus who have done
their bit to make this a year that will be hard to
forget. We list a few:
BIRDIE MARGARET MOORER—For a memor-
able Elite Night and a refreshing new way of choos-
ing the beauties.
DR. VAUGHAN—For a learned yet readable in-
troduction to Dr. Freeman’s new book, “The South to
Posterity.”
MR. WARFIELD—For “Fresh Fields” and the
clever way he used his freshman cast to give us a
sparkling comedy.
MISS LANDMARK—And all who’ve helped with
the Alabama College School of the Air—and “Step-
Singing,” which takes us to our homefolks via the
air lanes once a month.
Miss KENNEDY—For giving us a peek at what
our own Alabama artists are doing (nearly a hund-
red paintings rounded up from all over).
MILDRED CLOTFEIiTER and the “Y” — For
reaching into thin air and producing Dr. Thompson
with his straight-from-the-shoulder talk.
THE ADMINISTRATION (Dr. Harman, take a
bow)—For leaving the west gate open till 10 p.m.
You don’t know how much it helps.
MR. KILDEA—for Band Night and the rip-roaring
good time the whole town had down at the high
school.
THE SOPHOMORES—Chillun, you’re still young,
but that dance was a honey—decorations, arrange-
ments—everything!
MISS FLOREY—For her hard work on a diffi-
cult play that flowered into “Romances by Emma.”
THE LOCAL PHI BETES—Who gave our A-stu-
dents a big feed and a taste of cultured night life.
HELEN WEAVER—Who has been writing an in-
teresting column on Montevallo doings for her
home-town GADSDEN TIMES. (Make it a bouquet,
lest we forget Lois Anne Smith, Rosa Adair Brown,
and Jo Herrington, who do likewise for Montgomery,
Mobile, and Selma, respectively).
TRUiMMIE—For a convocation speech that pre-
pared us to appreciate (1) Ibsen, (2) Eva LeGal-
lienne, and (3) “Hedda Gabler.”
This list could go on and on; this column cannot.
* * * *
PERSONALITY HIT PARADE
“Hi ho, Silver—Away--!” The HIGHER they
come, the better we like ’em, and incidentally, so do
the truck drivers. “Isn’t that singular?”
This week’s personality hit is one of those UPPER-
classmen, and we do mean upper. She is a charter
member of the Hi Cappa Cappa.
In “Romances by Emma” we all wondered how
Emma could resist her (or HIS at the time) charms.
We in the audience fell in love with the shy—er—
gentleman.
These have been no gentle hints. We’ve practically
“Christened” her for you. —S. R.-N. P.
* * * *
I’M TIRED
. I’m tired of fever,
I’m tired of chills,
I’m tired of syrups,
And colored pills.
I’m tired.
I’m tired of nurses,
I’m tired of Dr. Peck,
I’m tired of sleeping
And I feel like heck.
I’m tired.
I’m tired of thinking
Of what I’ve got to do.
Tomorrow starts a week-end,
And I’ve got the flu.
I’m tired. —M. P.
* * * *
DAFFYNITIONS
Lulu—Stiff course (Duke).
Bird—A sad apple, a goon (Duke).
Jigger—Cigarette (Baldwin-Wallace).
Meat Wagon—Speed-demon’s car (Duke).
Teepees—Indians use them to keep their wigwam
(Kay Kyser).
* * * *
ODE TO A HEEL
For a long time I liked you, Kid,
The trouble was you knew I did.
But now, Big Boy, I’m on to your .game.
Hereafter you’ll be treated the same.
You like ’em all, you don’t love any,
But you’re just trying to fool too many.
Someday you may be sorry for the way you’ve
done,
But then your race will already be run.
Here’s to you—you’re not on the level,
And so far as I’m concerned, you can go to the
Devil.
* * * *
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and no wonder!
All the rest have peanuts
Except Pasadena—it has a Rose Bowl.
♦ * * *
No wonder the little duckling
Wears on its face a frown.
For it has just discovered
Its first pair of pants are down.
—Denver Clarion.
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
DECEMBER 11, 1939
Page 3
Honor Societies
Initiate Pledges
For 1939-40 Term
Alpha Chi Alpha
Initiation ceremonies for five
Alpha Chi Alpha pledges will be
held, Monday night, December 11.
students who will be admitted to
the honorary journalism fraternity
are Frances Woods, Lois Anne
Smith, Mary Sterne, Mary Jo Ran-
ey, and Madie Bell Ward.
Alpha Chi Alpha is beginning its
second year on the campus. Its
purpose is to recognize journalistic
achievement and to foster an inter-
est in journalism among women.
* * *
Kappa Pi
Eight students! have been pledged
to Kappa Pi, honorary art fratern-
ity.
The new members are Elizabeth
Baker, Rachel Bush, Claudine Mc-
Adams, Eloise Martin, Mary Sue
Edwards, Mrs. Sara C. Towery,
Marie Orr, and Allee Robbins.
Eligibility for membership in
Kappa Pi isi dependent upon junior
or senior class rank and high schol-
arship in the field of art.
Officers for 1939-40 are, Sara
Christenberry, president; Norma
Hermann, vice-president; Mary
Diamond, secretary; and Lily Ware,
treasurer.
* * *
Baptist Training Union
The annual Baptist Training
union study course will be held at
the Montevallo Baptist church,
December 11-15.
Mr. William Ball, Jr., Baptist stu-
dent secretary at the University of
Alabama, will teach students who
are interested.
Lectures and discussions will be
given each night at 7 o’clock. At the
close of the series the training
union will entertain its members
with a Christmas party.
• • *
Retail Club
The Retail club has had two in-
teresting meetings lately. On Sun-
day, December 19, the club met at
Miss Josephine Eddy’s home for a
discussion of department store prob-
lems. Light refreshments were serv-
ed afterwards.
On Monday, December 27, Miss
Nellie Mae Touchstone, who had
just returned from the American
Hairdressers’ convention, gave a
lecture and demonstration on the
latest coiffures. Everyone enjoyed
this meeting — especially the girls
who were demonstrated upon.
* * *
Studiosis
The Studiosis club will have its
annual Christmas dinner, Tuesday,
December 12, in Main dormitory.
Decorations will carry out of the
holiday spirit and an enjoyable
program has been planned.
B'HAM
Santa Claus Visits
Nursery Children
By Margaret Dean Harris
Is there really a Santa Claus?
Why yes, everyone is a Santa
Claus, because Santa Claus is one
who givesi gifts, and one who makes
others happy. That is what the
nursery school children will tell
you because Miss Ethel Bickham,
supervisor of the nursery school,
is carrying out a special project to
teach the children the true spirit
of Christmas.
Do you remember that you could
not understand why there were so
many Santa Clauses because you
had been taught there was only’ one
true Santa Claus who lived with
Mrs. Claus in toyland away up at
the Worth Pole. At the nursery
school toe children are taught that
everyone can be a Santa Claus.
Since St. Nick always makes gifts
the children are taught the spirit
of giving by painting a can and
setting out in it a bulb to give to
their mothers for Christmas. When
she asks who gave her the gift, the
child will reply “Santa Claus,” be-
cause he is playing Santa Claus to
his mother, and the person who
plays Santa Claus must keep his
name a secret.
Lessen Fear of “Santa”
To young children the sight of
Santa in his red suit and whiskers
is either a happy or frightful ex-
perience. The nursery school child-
ren are taught that Santa is just
someone dressed up. To lessen their
fear of him, they, with some help,
of course, will make Santa Claus
suit, one that will fit them. Then,
each one of them plays Santa Claus.
One child, unknown to the others,
leaves the room, puts on the suit,
mask and all, and returns to the
group asking them, “Who am I?”
Each child takes his turn until ev-
eryone has been Santa Claus.
You usually decorate your Christ-
mas tree at home and dare tyttle
sis or brother to touch it, but the
nursery school children’s tree is
really their own. They make all
their decorations such as silver
paper balls, popcorn strings, and
painted milk bottle tops. All are un-
breakable. And the tree is decorat-
ed just as many times a day as the
children want to decorate it. They
also make Santa Clauses with ap-
ples, marshmallows, and raisins.
Tree for Birds
Christmas time is the time to
make everybody happy, so the child-
ren will make a Christmas tree for
the birds with cups of seed and
water nearby for them.
Christmas stories are told and
many of the Christmas carols are
taught to them. The children us-
ually go caroling around the cam-
pus and other places. The final
celebration is a party with all the
trimmings and the joy of a merry
Christmas.
Three hundred representatives of
colleges in all parts of the world
were represented at the Catholic
university golden jubilee celebration.
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Miss Encarnacion Ruiz, known
to her fellow-students at Mon-
tevallo as “Nita,” is a refugee
from war-torn Spain. Because
of their. Loyalist sympathies,
her family is in exile. But the
story has a happy ending. At
Alabama College “Nita” is
learning the ways of democratic
America, improving her English,
and making friends with girls
from all parts of the state.
"Stately Timber’’
Pictures Life
In New England
STATELY TIMBER, by Rupert
Hughes; Charles Scribner’s Sons.
“. . . the pathoes and the appeal
of the trumpet cries that came over
the hilltops when the soldiers were
drilling far off; the twilight lone-
liness of horn music mourning
across the dark water from some
foreign ship lying in exile on the
bay.” Thus was the voice of the
woman he loved to passionate
Seaborn, the dreamer who dared to
make his dreams become reality.
No more aptly could the poignancy
of this chronicle of Seaborn’s life
be phrased than in these very words
of Rupert Hughes, the creative
genius whose words restore life to
Our First Scientist
Reveals Ambitions
(Continued from page 1)
off. I tried though, but finally ad-
mitted ignorance and named him
‘Bobtail.’
“Though I’ve never performed an
operation, I always wanted to act-
ually cut up people to see what
made them ‘tick,’ and I think I
could have done it O. K. even
though I may have left a few things
out, or put too many in. In all ser-
iousness, though, I’d love to be a
doctor for I think it’s one of the
noblest and highest professions in
the world. We all need help of some
kind, maybe that is one way that
I could help somebody. Not having
everything that it calls for to be
a doctor, I took up the study of
laboratory technique instead. Some-
day I hope to do either clinical
laboratory work in a hospital, or
research work along some line. As
long as it has to do with medicine
in any form, I’d like to be there.
“And I’ve always wanted a home
for homeless cats and dogs, too.
That’s the old maid in me.”
Amanda practices her scientist
role in and out of classes. Her
room is the infirmary of third east
Ramsay. Pills and bottles of liquids
which taste bad enough to make
you think you’re cured; bandages
of every size and for every purpose;
thermometer, books, all that you’d
find in the office of any M. D.
Her excellent qualities of leader-
ship have made her an outstand-
ing campus personality. As presi-
dent of the freshman class, she
led that group efficiently in itsi
numerous achievements — the first
freshman dance, the first Hallo-
ween party for the entire student
body, and many others. She has
taken an active part in dramatics,
appearing in several plays, and is
a member of Alabama Players.
Amanda is the first of our cam-
pus scientists. Good luck! We’ll all
be proud to say “I knew her
when—.”
the cold statuary of the New Eng-
land peoples—about whom he chose
to write this powerful novel.
“History,” Hughes says, “is eter-
nal irony,” and ironical it was that
Seaborn Fleet, romantic Puritan
adventurer, should grow to man-
hood in the Massachusetts Bay
colony of the 1650’s where he must
see the law code studded with
death penalties, the branding, bor-
ing of tongues, and the savage sup-
erstitions of a “God-fearing people’’
working against the very principles
for which they were made. From
the first action evoked by Seaborn’s
rebellion against these evils, the
exciting pulse of the novel never
loses a beat.
Vital characters—Quakers—enter-
ing Seabom’s life link him into a
chain of events that lead him to
take to the sea in Stately Timber,
built by his father.
On his voyage, loving as only a
man of his temperament can love,
Seaborn remained true in his heart
to Judith Wenham, “of the bread-
brown hear and the heart as good
as good bread,” despite the train
of enticing amorous women like
Roscobet Wains, who became en-
amored of him. Exploring New
England, Seaborn met figures whose
real worth to posterity only he rec-
ognized: Roger Williams, Mary
Dyer, and others. These shaped his
destiny.
The destiny which with Judith
Wenham, her honor outraged by
Captain Marable whom she trusted,
he was to bequeath to American
in the form of their adopted son
Eliel Fleet “who did such glorius
things for his country.” The bravery
of Seaborn and Judith during their
trials and the death of their little
son who lies buried beneath a
tombstone in Southern Massachu-
setts, is the one gentle note in the
book.
Only by reading this book can its
real value be reaped. It is not a
book that can be reviewed for its
beauty lies in the vast number of
fully developed characters, their own
stories which in themselves are min-
ature dramas, the scenery, the his-
tory, and the humanness of it all.
According to Mr. Hughes, he has
“done what I could to keep it true
to fact as only history can be,
while making it as true to life as
only fiction can be.”
STATELY TIMBER is a kaleid-
oscope of fierce emotions, stirring
drama, and human suffering. It is
the story of a man whose daunt-
less spirit is typical of the men who
contributed the finer things to our
civilization today.
To aid in eliminating fumbles,
University of Illinois gridders wear
jersies that have strips of “stickum”
cloth sewed on.
By Frances Kibble
Alumnae Secretary
Edwinna Donnelly Mitchell, ’13,
associate member of Alabama’s new
state board of pardon and parole,
spoke recently to classes at Flor-
ence State Teachers college on
“Modern System of Pardon and Pa-
role as a Means of Solving the
Problem of Crime.”
* * *
Evelyn Stephens, ’37, is now field
supervisor of N. Y. A. in the Mobile
district.
* * *
Bert Barnette, ’36, who is work-
ing for the State Mutual Life As-
surance company in New York
city is taking a three-month’s leave
of absence from her duties and will
be at her home in Selma during
that time.
* * *
Margaret Vaughan Bragunier,
’35, of New York, and Helen Hewell
McGonigal, ’36, of Mobile, were
recent visitors to the campus.
* * *
A play by Clara Crenshaw Mor-
ton, ’33, “What Soft Incense,” was
recently produced by the Cuba
high school.
* * *
Charlotte Page, ’33, is now work-
ing for the Farm Security admin-
istration in Pike county.
* * *
Several alumnae of Alabama Col-
lege attended the Conference on
School Health, Physical Education
and Recreation held in Montgom-
ery. Among the number were: Sara
Langston, ’33; Geneva Myrick, ’37;
Fannie Stollenwerk, ’32; Frances
Cumbee, ’38; Anne Walker, ’31;
Mary Eleanor Finney, ’38; Grace
Wilson, ’36; Laura Coleman, ’37;
and Minnie Sellers, ’17.
* * *
Geneva Myrick, ’37; Fannie Stol-
lenwerk, ’32; Laura Coleman, ’37;
Izell Brown, ’33; and Eugenia Mor-
(Continued on page 8)
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DECEMBER 11, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Carroll Atkinson
Uses School Radio
Work As Example
The Alabama College School of
the Air is the latest development
in radio education on the campus,
according to Carroll Atkinson’s new
book, “Developments of Radio Ed-
ucation Policies in American Pub-
lic School System,” which will be
released very soon.
Mr. Atkinson has chosen the
work here as one example of the
growth of the radio field in edu-
cation.
Radio activities began in 1929 fol-
lowing joint purchase oi WAPI in
Birmingham, along with Alabama
Polytechnique institute and the
University of Alabama. Bi-weekly
broadcasts were given, of one hour
programs, consisting chiefly of
music by the school of music and
short talks given by faculty mem-
bers. It was intended that these
broadcasts should be cultural and
educational.
Remote control equipment was
bought in 1930 so that programs
might be broadcast here instead
of in Birmingham. Perhaps this
can be credited to the difficulty of
transporting instruments and per-
formances to Birmingham. In 1935
half-hour Sunday broadcasts were
initiated. By 1938 these programs
had become a custom, although
they were reduced to fifteen min-
utes. There have been attempts to
initiate a series of programs, but
unit programs made up of con-
tributions from various groups and
individuals have been considered
more successful.
The School of the Air is under
the general supervision of Miss
Nora Landmark of the speech de-
partment.
“Comer hall, when completed in
1940, will provide a modern sound-
proof studio and control room ad-
jacent to a small auditorium to be
used for broadcasting purposes,”
comments Mr. Atkinson. This sums
up the achievement in the field of
radio education from the time when
persons connected with the fn%t
broadcasts were forced to gO' to Bir-
mingham to give them to the pres-
ent day.
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When you come to town
Saturday be sure to see
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add 2c tax
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Would Your First
Choice Satisfy You?
What would you like to be if you
were not what you are? Is your
greatest ambition, to marry the
young man back home and show ev-
erybody what a dandy little house-
Keeper you can be? Or do you want
to wow the world as an actor, a
writer, a teacher, or maybe a doc-
tor? If you didn’t even have to
consider making a living, if money
were no concern, would you still
be doing—or planning to do—what
you are? I put that question to a
number oi people—students, teach-
ers, and any others whom I hap-
pened to meet. I received a variety
of answers, but they were alike in
one respect.
Majority Satisfied
Every person questioned, who is
already advanced in his or her
work, seemed satisfied. In fact, Mrs.
Hubbard, librarian, seemed to like
her work so well that she had never
even thought of a second choice.
Mrs. McNeil, housemother in
Main, said that she really likes her
work, but if she didn’t hold her
present position, she would like to
do social service work or to teach.
Her interest seems to be in people,
and she likes to work with them.
Mr. Hood, professor of physical
science, is interested in people, too.
He wants to do something that will
benefit a great many people. If he
were not teaching, he would like
to do research work, but he likes
teaching and feels that he will be
doing a great deal if he can stimu-
late his students so that they may
be able to accomplish the things
that he would like to do.
Student Ambitions
The students have a great many
ideas, too, about what they would
like to do. One of the most inter-
esting ambitions is Frances Cro-
ley’s. She is very eager to study
medicine, specializing in physical
therapy. Her second choice would
be acting.
One freshman, on being question-
ed, said that she was very much
interested in journalism, especially
in editorial work. Another replied
without hesitation that the height
of her ambition is to be a senior.
She couldn’t think of anything
she’d rather be.
Informal Dance
Of Seniors Is Held
In Field House
The members of the class of 1940
gave an informal Christmas dance
at the Field House, Saturday night,
December 9.
Three groups' or extremely tall,
shiny blue candles with white
flames set the keynote of the dec-
orations which was carried out in
streamers draped from ceiling lights
of the same colors.
Committees for the dance weie:
Decorations, Mary Diamond, chair-
man, Helen Young Lewis, Dot Mc-
Leod, Helen Abrams, Amanda Kee-
lyn, Reesie Mae Woolley, Mary
Cobb DeShazo, and Margaret Cook.
Serving on the program commit-
tee were Frances Williams, chair-
man, Forrest Branscombe, Lila
Belle Ponder, Madie Belle Ward,
Rebecca Underwood. Eva Green was
chairman of the invitations com-
mittee and Sara Hewell, Iris Thom-
as, and Maoma Moore worked with
her.
On the music committee were
Elenora Stier, chairman; Flidera
Tapia, Mary Ellen Pentecost, and
Frances Croley. The refreshment
committee wasi composed of Martha
Lee Stamps, chairman; Macie How-
ell, Annie Loys Mclnish, Ida Moore,
and Jerrene Lucas.
Mary Jo Wesson was chairman of
the restoration committee and with
her were Louise Gause, Marilyn
Motley, Martha Terry, and Mittie
Gorum.
Miss Gould To Direct
"Our Town” Prize Play
“Our Town,” Thornton Wilder’s
Pulitzer prize play of 1938, will be
presented by the Alabama Players,
under the direction of Miss Ellen-
Haven Gould, in Palmer auditorium
at 8:15 o’clock, Friday evening,
February 2, 1940.
This play, unusual in theme, con-
struction, and presentation, depicts
life in a New Hampshire village.
“The Alabama Players believe that
this is a theatrical experience that
should be brought to the campus,”
said 'Miss Ellen-Haven Gould. It
was classed as the most original
play of 1938. Alexander Woolcott
described the drama by saying it
moved him more deeply than any
play he had ever witnessed. An-
other critic classed it as “a spirit-
ual experience.”
Mr. Jack Warfield will take the
part of the stage manager.
The cast will include Jack War-
field, Frances Ward, John Orr,
Yenna York, Christine Griffin, An-
nie Mae Paulk, Dorothy Coleman,
Jimmy Henning, Kapsoon Kim,
Mary Anne Edwards, Patricia
Smith, Nell Wooten, Gladys Fuller,
Shirley York, Mary Sue Howell,
Lois Blake, Jeanne Espy, Frances
Croley, Irene Swift, Mary Green
Johns, Bobby Brabston, Harriette
Donahoo.
Ohio State university fraternity
pledges have an annual “Ditch
Night” on which they defy the rul-
ings of the actives.
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display, and for sale among rich
green banks of pungent pine boughs
and a fat Christmas tree.
Toilet articles and personal ar-
ticles are suggested for your room-
mate or best friend. There is a line
of Old Spice fragrance bath salts,
powders, men’s talcums, sachets,
and soaps cunningly boxed. There
is a four-glass beverage set filled
with fine bath salts. The beverage
set can be used for feasts when it
is emptied. A nationally advertised
chromium tray of five assorted per-
fumes is popular. Sheer beauty is
seen in the hobnail bottles and
bowls of cologne and dusting pow-
der.
One of the most outstanding nov-
elties is a red-cap cigarette and
match contained for desk or table.
Also for room and house decora-
tion are plaster flower wall plaques
in varied sizes and designs. Es-
pecially colorful are the gay pot
tery pieces and table linen. A deep
royal blue, heavy linen cloth with
white satin border is particularly
distinctive. There are also many
crystal pieces.
In the close line are colorful, pic-
ture-like, printed handkerchiefs,
toast - warm knitted gloves in
screaming colors, gay scarfs, and
men’s ties, scarfs, and sweaters in
hues and designs to suit both the
show-off and strong, silent male.
The top of the tree will proudly
hold a tailored leather compact or
a perfectly painted portrait com
pact in clear colors.
Honorable mention should be ex-
tended to those rare pieces that
have braved the war-time block
ades and have “Czechoslovakia'’
and “Finland” marked on their
trademarks. Especially beautiful is
a delicately thin, blown glass, fat
candy jar in aquamarine blue with
a topaz colored knob. There are
many quaint, full-skirted maidens
carrying baskets overloaded with
flowers or fruit, crystal salad set."
and ash trays in good designs come
from Czechoslovakia. There is a
group of hand-hammered sterling
serving pieces in ultra-modern de
signs that was designed by a Fin-
nish artist especially for the shop.
To wrap these lovely gifts ap
propriately there is a complete line
of Dennison wrappings. There are
gayly and conventionally patterntd
tissues, plain tissues, bright colored
cellophanes, and fabric ribbons,
both printed and plain, and all var-
ieties of seals, name plates, and
sticker decorations.
THE SECRET OF DR. KILDARE!—
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Dramatic thrills distinguish “The
Secret of Dr. Kildare,” starring Lew
Ayres and Lionel Barrymore with
Laraine Day. Third of the “Dr.
Kildare” series, “The Secret of Dr.
Kildare” centers around the intru-
sion of Dr. Kildare into the field
of investigation to solve the mys-
tery of the unbalanced, neurotic
mental complex of a beautiful girl.
In this movie the public is given
its first opportunity to view the
workings of sulphapyridine, the
miracle drug that destroys the
germs of pneumonia and other ser-
ious diseases. Other medical ad-
ventures include the healing of a
•paralysis suffer; the collapse of
Lionel Barrymore, as the aged uoc-
tor, and the efforts of the entire
hospital staff to revive him; Dr.
Kildare’s interview with the “mys-
tery patient;” dramatic restoration
of an heiress’ sight; and Dr. Kil-
dare’s exciting discovery of the
quack doctor and nurse.
In addition to the valuable use of
mode:n medical miracles, there are
ctmic episodes in “The Secret of
Dr. Kildare.” Lionel Barrymore’s
game of “craps” with George Reid,
playing his servant, is a genuine
tickler.
The mystery of the debutante
with death in .her eyes is Dr. Kil-
dare’s hardest case to crack to
date. He saved the heiress by learn-
ing the secrct she would rather die
than tell. In addition to this ex-
cellent psychological case work, this
picture will exhibit drugs, medical
apparatus, and methods carefully
checked by a ooard of fourteen
specialists and pure food and drugs
from the federal government. This
picture is one you shouldn’t miss,
whether you ’ are interested in it
Hamilton college is publishing a
seven-volume survey of its educa-
tional set-up.
Dr. Kildare Brings Medical Adventure
To Strand In Picture On Psychology
for its high sandards of pure en-
tertainment or its scientific authen-
ticity and timeliness.
* * *
REMEMBER?—Thursday and Fri-
day.
This is the good picture Robert
Taylor’s unshakable fans have been
demanding for months, and it al-
most measures up to this hard-to-
fill meter.
Robert Taylor is cast as a young
advertising man in “Remember?”
He marries Greer Garson, the wo-
man who charmed America in her
superb portrayal of Mrs. Chips. It
is rather incongruous to see her
in such a light comedy role, but
Miss Garson is a good sport about
it and does her darndest, and that’s
a pretty big darndest.
Lew Ayres is cast as a friend of
the couple. When Taylor and Miss
Garson plan to call their merger
a failure because of some petty dif-
ferences, Ayres cannot see their
point. In an angry mood because of
(Continued on page 8)
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
TO EACH OF YOU
We are looking for your return-
ing—as we miss you
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Candy
is delicious FOOD
ENJOY SOME EVERY DAY
GREYHOUND
Ofhe, COLLEGE O-cwtrttU
'k MANY FREQUENT DEPARTURES
Greyhound is always the college favorite. You get more valu* fo*
less money all thru the year. Many frequent departures enable
you to leave almost anytime you wish. It is so much more con-
venient, too, with stations near the campus and service right into
the heart of hotel, theater and shopping centers.
Birmingham___,________________$ .55
Gadsden______________________1.40
Anniston _____________________1.50
Atlanta______________________2.75
Chattanooga__________________2.60
Decatur ______________________1.75
Cullman ______________________1.35
Athens ________________________1.95
Montgomery ------------------1.00
Troy__________________________1.60
Ozark__________________________2.20
Dothan _______________________2.50
Lake City ____________________5.25
Jacksonville __________________5%80
^ Fares from
Calera ties-
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
DECEMBER 11, 1939
Page 5
FACULTY MEMBERS IN CURRENT NEWS EVENTS
Methvin Will Lead
Roundtable Talk
Celia Methvin, president of stu-
dent government, will lead one of
the roundtable discussions at the
National Student Federation con-
ference, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis. The subject of this
discussion will be “The Structure
of Student Government,” and will
be conducted especially for those
students from smaller colleges.
Celia Methvin and Bettie Archi-
bald, president of the Senate, will
attend the conference, December
27 through 31. Among the important
features of the meeting will be a
discussion of the question, “How
can the United States keep out of
war?” as well as studies of stu-
dent-faculty relationships.
The congress will provide an op-
portunity for discussion of ideas on
student government as a whole and
application of these ideas in better-
ing student government systems in
the smaller colleges.
Winter sports and other enter-
tainments will accompany the busi-
ness side of the conference to make
it a big event.
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Housemothers Long Librarian Observes
For Quiet Christmas Student Habits
“I wish a very happy Christmas
to all the girls of Alabama College,”
said Mrs. Mary McLeod McNeil in
an interview with ALABAMIAN re-
porters Saturday. “My only request
is that they conduct themselves as
ladies in the highest interpreta-
tion of the word and in sending
gifts, that our girls remember that
there are some presents more val-
uable than those in tinsel-wrapped
packages. Even an expression of
appreciation and gratitude for those
with whom they associate at college
and at home, may be a life-long
source of inspiration.”
Once again Alabama College has
caught the infectious spirit of the
, Yuletide season. Everywhere there
is mystery, humor, and gaiety. The
Y. W. C. A. Christmas tree has been
erected on front campus and is be-
ing decorated with over a hundred
bright lights. The streets of onte-
vallo are ablaze with lights of red
and green. Hall presidents are plan-
ning parties for iMain, and every-
where there are Christmas trees.
In the kitchen Miss Irvin is plan-
ning a feast worthy of praise from
the most homesick freshman. The
Presidents’ council is planning en-
tertainment for the Christmas for-
mal dinner and selecting a tree for
the dining room. In their rooms,
groups of girls are drawing names
and wrapping gifts and planning for
the vacation days which are almost
here. Mrs. Augusta Tate Snodgrass,
orphaned house mother, says that
she hopes that this will be the
cleanest, tidiest, happiest, quietest,
best Christmas ever spent in Main.
“Them’s my sentiments,” chimes in
Mrs. Heber Smith, “Lord, make 'em
quiet.”
Better reading habits and a more
intensive use of books and periodi-
cals by students are reflected in the
yearly report which Miss Abi Rus-
sell, librarian, has just submitted
to President A. F. Harman.
The students made 144,299 sep-
arate demands for books during the
year, either for use in their rooms
or in the library. This exceeds by
nearly 25,000 the figure for the pre-
ceding year.
Feature of the librarian’s report
is the announced completion of an
entire new wing increasing the li-
brary capacity to 95,000 volumes.
Included in this new wing is an
outdoor reading roof where the
girls may read in natural light and
fresh air when weather permits.
This is an innovation among col-
lege libraries. “Our expansion needs
will be taken care of under normal
conditions for many years to come
by this new wing,” Miss Russell de-
clared.
Freshmen women at Madison col-
lege get more mail than the mem-
bers of the other three classes.
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MR. JACK W. WARFIELD DR, T. H. NAPIER PRESIDENT A. F. HARMAN DR. M. L. ORR DR. W. H. TRUMBAUER
DR. MINNIE L. STECKEL DR. I. T. SANDERS MR. MIECISLAW ZIOLKOWSKI DR. HALLIE FARMER MISS LAURA B. HADLEY
(1) Jack W. Warfield will play/the role of stage director in “Our Town,” February 2. (2) Dean T. H Napier attended the inauguration of the president of the University of
Texas, December 9. (3) President A. F. Harman was guest speaker to the Selma Rotary club, December 8. (4) Dr. M. L. Orr acted as host to the recent curriculum conference here.
(5) Dr. W. H. Trumbauer is director of “Well of Saints,” to be presented December 15.
(6) Dr. Minnie L. Steckel has returned from recent conferences where she spoke on student problems. (7) Dr. I. T. Sanders was host to Clarence H. Williams, labor conciliator,
who spoke to sociology classes. (8) Miecislaw Ziolkowski will give his annual piano concert in Palmer hall, January 5. (9) Dn Hallie Farmer is the new president of the Alabama
Women’s Joint Legislative Council. (10) Miss Laura B. Hadley attended the American Vocational association in Grand Rapids, Michigan, last week.
Horseless Carriages
Are Modern Trend
Lacking more Modern Way,
Three Seniors Seek Mode
of Locomotion—They Bicycle
Where “snazzy” conve r t i b 1 e
coupes are not obtainable, or in fact
any horseless carriage, bicycles
seem to be the modem trend of
transportation.
Three students of the fourth
degree, Frances Norton, Martha
Lee Stamps, and Virginia Ingram,
woke up Saturday morning eager to
feel the pulsating power of a vehicle
that would garry them to a world
apart. The only means of locomo-
tion they found were bicycles.
They set Columbiana as their
goal, twenty miles away. The pul-
sating power was there, but only
because three pair of sturdy legs
juggled up and down on bicycle
pedals. The first 18 miiesi were un-
eventful, but the last two turned
into a hike, as Fannie’s bicycle
broke.
On reaching Columbiana they
visited their student fi :fcnds at the
practice home and found them
cleaning house. Virginia ana Mar-
tha Lee immediately went to bed
on a newly aired mattress, but
Fannie, too tired to care, slept
happily against the creaking pro-
test of bare springs.
The visit lasted three hours, two
and a half of the hours were passed
in peaceful oblivion, the other half
in eating. The ride back took about
two hours.
The practice teachers insisted
that the unexpected guests were ap-
preciated even though they had to
hold up the dusting until the vis-
itors finished their sleep. The gal-
lant riders speak seriously now of
joining up with the "six-day bicy-
cle riders.”
A University of Virginia scientist
has developed a centrifuge machine
which exerts a force a million times
grater than gravity.
Freedom Of Thought
Is Worth Any Battle
Freedom of thought and action
must be fought for in a continuing
battle that will never be finally won
by the forces of academic freedom.
Scientists and educators are over
on the alert—and their champions
in the public and collegiate press
stand always ready to aid them in
maintaining the right for freedom
of expression and research.
Latest championing statement
comes from the University of Cali-
fornia’s Daily Californian, in this
plea:
“If the citizens want their stu-
dents to get from the university
all that is in it to give, they must
be prepared to recognize that the
road to intellectual achievement
lies through the high road of free-
dom. They must be ready for ex-
periment in ideas. They must rec-
ognize that a new world is being
created before our eyes, and that
we cannot map its frontiers with-
out the risk of a voyage of explora-
tion. They must be willing for the
economist and political scientist to
do in the realm of ideas what Lewis
and Clark did in the realm of physi-
cal discovery. And the way to
make the citizens realize the ur-
gency of this attitude if for teacher
and student alike to stand four
square against those who would
make the university accept the
truths of the past rather than in-
vestigate the potentialities of the
future. A new idea has the same
right to its welcome as a new mach-
ine. But the idea will only come as
the scholar is assured of the un-
fettered right to freely promulgate
its substance.”
Page 6
DECEMBER 11, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Fingerprint Expert
Will Visit Campus
As Alabamian Guest
Mr. E. P. Guinane, special agent
In charge of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation in Birmingham,
will appear on the campus early in
the year as guest of the ALABAM-
ian staff, to speak on phases of
crime detection.
Mr. Guinane will lecture in the
afternoon to sociology classes on
the work of the federal bureau. In
the most part, his lecture will be
concerned with the latest service of
the Identification Division, its Civil
Identification Section in which are
filed the fingerprints of law-abid-
ing citizens. The bureau considers
this civil identification an impor-
tant insurance for the citizens in
case of disasters or accidents. Miss-
ing persons may be located; am-
nesia and aphasia victims, victims
of wrecks, fires, earthquakes or oth-
er disasters may be identified; vic-
tims of kidnaping may be found
more easily—these are a few of the
numerous purposes which may be
served by having one’s fingerprints
on file in the Bureau’s Civil In-
vestigation Section.
All citizens are invited to place
their prints on record in the files
which are kept entirely separate
from those in criminal files. Mr.
Guinane will be accompanied by an
officer who will assist in getting
the fingerprints of all students
who wish them filed.
The ALABAMIAN staff invites all
persons interested to hear Mr.
Guinane and have their finger-
prints made.
Fingerprint experts visited the
campus during the first semester
of summer school to speak to sociol-
ogy classes and received favorable
comment from the entire student
body.
News In Brief
Class Attendance
Has Good Effec^
Chicago, 111.— (ACP) — Are you
just an average student, or one
whose grades are below “C”? If so,
you had better go to class.
Are you in the upper twenty-five
per cent of the grade brackets?
If so, it doesn’t make much differ-
ence whether you go to class or
not, you’ll be likely to pull down
“A’s” and “B’s” just the same.
This is not mere advice. It is
statistical information compiled by
assistants of Dean Aaron J. Brum-
baugh, of the University of Chi-
cago, from the records of college
students, 204 of whom had taken
“R’s” in one or more survey courses,
and an equal number of whom had
done the work in the course. An
“R” grade indicates a student took
the course but not the final exam-
ination.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Montevallo Cash
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Miss Steckel to New Orleans
Dr. Minnie L. Steckel, student
counselor, participated in a round-
table discussion on “Problems of
the counsellor” at the Gulf States
conference of the National Voca-
tional Guidance association in New
Orleans, December 5-6, at the invi-
tation of Miss Emma Prichard
Cooley, general chairman.
* * *
—And Birmingham
“Facts and Fiction” was the title
of Dr. Minnie L. Steckel’s talk to
the Birmingham branch of the Na-
tional League of American Pen-
women at the Birmingham public
library.
* * *
Miss Landmark at Radio Meet
Miss Nora Landmark attended the
Educational Radio convention at
the Congress hotel, Chicago, Illinois,
December 6-8.
* * *
Mrs. McCartney Talks
Mrs. F. A. McCartney of Annis-
ton, president of the Alabama Fed-
eration of Women’s Clubs, spoke
to the student body and faculty at
at convocation, December 7.
* * ■*
Miss Brownfield Made Director
Miss Lelah Brownfield, head of
the secretarial department, has been
appointed director of the Alabama
department of Business Education.
Miss Brownfield has served as
vice-president of this department
which is a division of the National
Education association.
* * *
Dr. Farmer is Honored
Dr. Hallie Farmer, head of the
history department, is the new
president of the Women’s Joint
Legislative Council of Alabama,
succeeding Mrs. James Fitts Hill of
Montgomery. Mrs. Hill is a member
of the College board of trustees.
In addition, Miss Josephine Eddy,
of the faculty, was chosen as sec-
retary during the coming year.
* * *
Miss Lamar’s Verse Published
In the new “North American
Verse/’ published by Henry Harri-
son, several poems by Miss Frances
Kitchell Lamar, of the English de-
partment, are included. Literary
Alabama has grown acquainted with
Miss Lamar through the familiar
initials, “F. K. L.,” appearing in
her book reviews frequetnly pub-
lished in the Sunday BIRMING-
HAM NEWS.
* * *
Harman to Selma
Dr. Harman struck an “auld lang
syne” note Friday when he jour-
neyed back to Selma for a speech
before the Rotary club. He and
Mrs. Harman have many friends
there, where he was once super-
intendent of schools. While in Sel-
ma he inspected the new Albert G.
Parrish high school.
* * *
Executive Board Party
Hall chairmen, house presidents,
fire captains and lieutenants will
be honor guests at a Christmas
party given by the executive board,
December 12.
The program for the party, which
will be given at the Field House,
will consist of games, songs, and
dancing. The Christmas theme will
be carried out in decorations and
refreshments.
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Poldi Mildner, noted concert pianist, will appear here in a con-
cert, January 29, 1940. Her visit will mark the fourth number of
the Concert-Lecture series.
The Staff Extends
Christmas Greetings
“When the Christmas tree is
lighted—when, as people say, the
white bees swarm—I shall be, God
willing, again at home with my
dear ones, my heart filled with the
flowers of travel, and strengthened
both in body and mind; then will
new works grow upon paper; may
God lay his blessing upon them. He
will do so. A star of good fortune
shines upon me; there are thou-
sands who deserve it far more than
I. But should it set, perhaps while
I conclude these lines, still it has
shone. I have received my rich
portion; let it set. From this also
the best will spring. To God and
men, my thanks, my love.”
Are you a Hans Anderson? Can
you, as he did, forget the tragedies
of war and all the little petty
things of today and assume a true
Christmas spirit? Could you be
thankful and happy, even if your
sun should set?
We, the entire ALABAMIAN
staff, want to take time out—time
out from work, gossiping, studying,
overlook all hard feelings—to wish
you the very merriest and best
of Christmases and, in a true Tiny
Tim spirit, “God Bless Us All.”
Gossip
(Continued from page 2)
hurry, ’Manda. By the way, what
was Friday—your birthday?
Weed and Bailey'—there’s a sec-
tion in the handbook marked Reg-
ulations, and under that you find
riding rules! ! !
There ain’t no justice in the way
the mail is distributed. And you
can take that more ways than one,
Northington. How about sharing
boy friends?
Moral: Don’t be too sarcastic with
your boy friends. One of our love-
lorn suggested that sugarpie, if he
didn’t have time to write, return
said letter, thereby proving his
existence. Sugarpie returned the
letter.
Warfield didn’t go to Chattanooga
after all. He was on the way and
then got in the Center of other in-
terests. Can’t you Read between the
lines? And why are they calling a
certain music major “Courtesy
Card?”
One dark-haired lad( who defin-
itely was not of the University
Glee club) caused quite a ripple
Saturday at the dance. He was
Photographer Nat WeWhinney of
the Birmingham-Southern HILL-
TOP NEWS. “He shouldn’t make
pictures; he ought to be IN them,”
was the opinion of more than one
who saw this composite of Tyrone
Power-George Raft.
Well, chillun, let’s say good-night
and forget it all. Until next time,
anyway!
Editor’s note: Gwendolyn Tittle
has been made head of the com-
plaint department — and you can
quote ME as saying this.
Correct Posture
Brings Good Health
Madison, Wis.—(ACP)—Maintain
good posture and you’ll feel better.
That’s the prescription of the
University of Wisconsin’s Dr. Fran-
ces A. Hellebrandt, a member of
the medical school staff. ,
“To stand correctly is extraor-
dinarily cheap from the viewpoint
of its energy needs,” she said.
“If the posture is relaxed, stand-
ing is practically indefatigable. It
costs little more energy units to
stand properly than to beat an egg,
although nearly three-fourths of
the muscles in the body are being
used,” Dr. Hellebrandt continued.
No person can stand without
swaying, she found. “A person’s
center of weight falls remarkably
close to the center of the base of
support between the two feet,” she
said. “Although nature is a good en-
gineer, the center of weight dances
to and fro as we stand, producing
gravitational stresses Tyhich must be
met by the muscles of the legs to
keep us from tottering.”
Experiments with high heels
showed that the higher the heels
the more pronounced wasi the oscil-
lation of the body. Although not
apparent to the naked eye, the
swaying was detected by instru-
ments constructed for the experi-
ment by Professor L. E. A. Kelso.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
From
ROGAN’S
Skilled Pianist
Will Be Featured
i
On Concert Series
Leopoldine Mildner Lives
Life of Typical American
College Girl At Home
Blonde, petite, and strikingly,
surprisingly young Poldi Mildner,
twenty-three year old piano virtuo-
so, will appear here January 20,
1940.
In everyday life Poldi—short for
Leopoldine—does not look as if she
could dash off technical terrifiers
such as the Brahms - Paganini
Variations. She is the picture of a
giddy-headed young debutante or
Alabama College girl rather than
the skilled virtuoso who has the
critics bowing at her feet.
Miss Mildner comep from a mid-
dle-class family, her father being
an advertising rmh. Her mother had
artist aspirations in her youth, and
accompanies her daughter on all
her tours.
Foldi loves to live the life of a
typical American girl. She loves
movies, reads much, and often at-
tends the concert of a fellow artist.
She loves driving an automobile,
and often drives at a dangerously,
reckless speed. She swims and is a
skilled sailboat manipulator. She
gigglingly admits her ability at
cooking Hungarian goulash but
nothing else.
Moving Picture of Vocal
Apparatus To Be Shown
High speed motion pictures run
in slow motion of the human vocal
cords will be presented by the
speech department under the di-
rection of J. H. Henning, January
6-7.
The Bell Telephone engineers,
feeling that the study of the voice
will lead to perfection of the tele-
phone, have made these high
speed pictures. The pictures were
taken at four thousand frames per
second, a great contrast to the
usual sixteen. When this high speed
film is run at sixteen frame rate
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THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
DECEMBER 11, 1939
Page 7
Faculty, Open For Greetings
Send your favorite teacher a
greeting!
Dr. Lois Ackerley, Montevallo.
IMiss Elizabeth Allen, LaFayette,
Ala.
Miss Martha Allen, Montevallo.
Mr. A. C. Anderson, Montevallo.
Miss Frances Baxter, 103 North
Herring Street, Dothan, Ala.
Miss Ethel Bickham, 169 Walhal-
low Road, Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. Mary G. Bickler, Montevallo.
Mrs. Zoe Carroll Black, Morris-
town, Tennessee.
Miss Helen Blackiston, Hampton,
Virginia.
Miss Mary Blazek, 1206 Miles Ave-
nue, Cleveland, Ohio.
Miss Mamie Braswell, Talladega,
Ala.
Dr. Myrtle Brooke, Montevallo.
Miss Lelah Brownfield, 555 South
25th Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska.
Miss Evelyn Burton, 603 Grand
Avenue, Yazoo City, Mississippi.
Miss Mildred Caldwell, Hunts-
ville, Ala.
Mrs. Guy Chamberlin, Montevallo.
Miss Charlotte Claybrooke, Scotts-
boro, Ala.
Miss Sara Cole, 1111 Mitch Street,
Conway, Arkansas.
Miss Elizabeth Conn, 7836 Belfast
Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Miss Margaret Cuninggim, Scar-
rett College, Nashville, Tennessee.
Miss Mary Decker, Labore, Vir-
ginia.
Dr. Leah Dennis, Montevallo.
Dr. Anne L. Eastman, Monte-
vallo.
Miss Josephine Eddy, Montevallo,
Miss Virginia Evans, Siluria, Ala.
Dr. Hallie Farmer, 1213 Indiana
Avenue, Anderson, Indiana.
Miss Katherine Farrah, Monte-
vallo.
Miss Margaret Florey, Wauseon,
Ohio.
Miss Ellen-Haven Gould, Monte-
vallo.
Miss Thelma Graves, Alexander
City, Ala.
Miss Melba Griffin, Montevallo.
Miss Laura Hadley, Montevallo.
Miss Elizabeth Heap, 516 May-
nard Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbard, Wilton,
Ala.
Miss Anna Irvin, Molton Hotel,
Birmingham, Ala.
Dr. Rosa Lee Jackson, Monte-
vallo.
Miss Joyce L. Kellogg, Hotel
Roosevelt, New Orleans, Louisiana.
'Miss Annie Kemp, 1926 South
Virginia Street, Hopkinsville, Ken-
tucky.
Miss Dawn Kennedy, Montevallo.
Miss Sarah Law Kennerly, Winne-
boro, South Carolina.
Mr. York Kildea, Montevallo.
Miss Frances Lamar, Montevallo.
Miss Nora Landmark, Fort Lau-
derdale, Florida.
Miss Olivia Lawson, Troy, Ala.
Mr. H. D. LeBaron, Montevallo.
Miss Mattie Lee, Hayneville, Ala.
Miss Georgia Leeper, Montevallo.
Anatomical Analysis
Must Be The Idea
Once there was a pupil in an eye
who, when he was bad, or got too
hi-eyebrow, got two severe eye-
lashes. One day he put his foot in
the stirrup of his ear, jumped on
the calf of his leg, dashed under
the arch of his foot and over the
bridge of his nose, went through
the Nasal Passage and muscled on
down to the Ankle Joint. As he
opened its trap, he saw his heart-
beat and longed to press his tulips
against the pinks of her cheeks. To
the sound of the drums in his
ears and the chattering of his teeth,
they did the Big Adam’s Apple. Too
soon they had to part and night fell
on our hero’s cranium as he en-
tered the neck of the woods.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
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HOLCOMBE’S
Miss Margaret McCall, Laddonia,
Missouri.
Dr. Gordon McCloskey, Monte-
vallo.
Dr. Mary McCoy, Montevallo.
Miss Bertie McGee, Delonaga,
Georgia.
Dr. Frances McGehee, 2615 River-
mont Avenue, Lynchburg, Virginia.
Mrs. Mary McLeod McNeil, 416
Tenth Avenue West, Birmingham,
Ala.
Miss Eloise Meroney, Montevallo.
Dean T. H. Napier, Montevallo.
Mrs. Marva Hough Notestine,
Montevallo.
Dr. M. L Orr, Montevallo.
Miss Helen Parks, 921 Third
Street Southwest, Roanoke, Virginia.
Dr. Willena Peck, Montevallo.
Miss Lorraine Peter, Montevallo.
Dr. Lorraine Pierson, Box 1225,
St. Petersburg, Florida.
Miss Annie Louise Pruitt, Pine
Hill, Ala.
Miss Sarah Puryear, c/o Mrs.
Walter Anderson, Gallatin, Tenn.
Dr. Edgar Reinke, 235 Fifth
Street, Downers Grove, Illinois.
Miss Frances Ribble, 2014 Berkley
Avenue, Bessemer, Ala.
Dr. j. I. Riddle, Montevallo.
Miss Abi Russell, McDonough,
Georgia.
Dr. Irwin T. Sanders, 22 New Lon-
don Avenue, Oak Lawn, Rhode Is -
land.
Miss Edythe Saylor, Montevallo.
Mr. C. G. Sharp, Montevallo.
Mrs. H. B. Smith, Covington,
Georgia.
(Continued on page 8)
LIBRARY
The library will close at 3:00
o’clock Wednesday afternoon,
December 20. Reserve books will
be available at 11 o’clock in the
morning and two weeks’ books
may be checked out Tuesday
and Wednesday for the holidays.
The library will reopen Wed-
nesday afternoon, January 3,
1940.
Students Organize
New Peace Front
To Aid Neutrality
The ALABAMIAN staff has join-
ed with other newspapers of the
United States in a “College Front
for Peace.”
The all-college peace front, with
“We Don’t Want to Fight in Eu-
rope” as its slogan, has been or-
ganized by the student newspaper
of Northwestern university, Evans-
ton, Illinois, and is slowly assuming
significance as college editors in all
sections of the country join in the
movement.
For the past two months, Stan-
ley Frankel, editorial chairman of
the Daily Northwestern, has been
contacting other colleges, and out
of his work the Peace Front has
evolved.
In the east, Princeton university
students have organized the Am-
erican Independence league, which
includes 3 of the leading eastern
working as one autonimous organ-
ization under the national All-Col-
lege Peace Front. In the far west,
U. C. L. A. is now sounding out
colleges on the coast as Donn
Brown, last year’s president of U.
C. L. A. student body and son of
movie comedian Joe E. Brown, has
been travelling throughout the
western states in the capacity of
organizing secretary for the west-
ern states as a third autonimous
unit working for a common goal.
The middlewest has quickly re-
sponded to the idea, and today 53
of the leading colleges in this sec-
tion are working under the Peace
Front banned.
At present, the women’s colleges
are being organized by the woman’s
editor of the Daily Northwestern,
and the southern colleges are be-
ing approached on the subject.
The purpose of this Peace Front
is, as hast been stated, to keep this
nation out of war. Through campus
newspapers it wants to propagan-
dize for peace, pointing out to the
1,350,000 college students that the
present war is none of their busi-
ness, that democracy’s dangers lie
in this hemisphere, and that they
have nothing to gain by fighting.
The Peace Front aims at con-
vincing college students that uhey
will be called upon to fight in case
of a war, that strong and united
public opinion is the best weapon
against involvement, and that the
college student should have an im-
portant hand in molding that op-
inion.
NOTED SCIENCE COMMENTATOR
Clinton Stewart, science commentator for the General Motors Pa-
rade of Progress, will speak in Palmer hall at 8:15 p.m., Wednesday,
December 13. Mr. Stewart’s lecture in Montevallo will be open with-
out charge to townspeople and students alike. The college admin-
istration has extended a cordial invitation to Montevallo citizens to
hear what promises to be an interesting and informative lecture.
Moving Picture of Vocal
Apparatus To Be Shown
(Continued from page 6)
it produces ultra slow motion. The
range of cord vibrations was from
one hundred twenty to three hund-
red fifty vibrations per second, this
speed being reduced to a regular,
wave-like motion by the slowed-up
film. The pictures will also show
the normal rate of vibration for
comparison.
Alabama College is one of the few
schools to which these pictures will
be loaned.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Montevallo Cash
Store
. SPORTS .
By Sara Harris, Sports Editor
The Physical Education club had
as a guest at their meeting, Wed-
nesday night, December 6, Miss
Mary Esther Brooks, assistant di-
rector of the Dixie Region of the
Girl Scout organization.
Miss Brooks talked to the club
members and a group of sociology
majors on the revised program of
girl scouting. She pointed out the
possibilities of taking up the direct-
ing of girl scouts as a profession.
An interesting picture of summer
work offered councilors in various
camps was brought out. These coun-
cilors have their expenses paid for
as many weeks as they are needed
to lead a certain phase of camp
life, such as water front supervision,
archery, woodcraft, and other
things. Miss Brooks commented
favorably on the councilors Miss
Saylor had sent from Alabama Col-
lege.
The physical education depart-
ment was represented at the re-
gional conference of the Physical
Education association in Auburn,
December 8-9.
Representatives were Elouise
Peck, Caroline Liles, Sara Harris,
Edwina Morgan, Miss Margaret
McCall, head of the physical edu-
cation department, and Miss Eliz-
abeth conn, instructor in physical
education.
A special course for the college’s
maids and porters has been an-
nounced by Bryn Mawr college.
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Page 8
DECEMBER 11, 1939
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Curriculum Group
Holds Meeting Here
“Progress and iProblems of the
State Curriculum Program” was
the central theme of the district
curriculum conference held on De-
cember 4.
Dr. W. M. McCall, state curricu-
lum program director, opened the
meeting. R. E. Moore, superinten-
dent of schools in Cullman county;
Mrs. May Landers Adams, Payette;
and Forney Reese, assistant super-
intendent of Jefferson county
schools spoke on problems of coop -
eration in curriculum programs.
Roundtable discussions on curri-
culum work were led by educators
over the state who are interested in
curriculum revision in high schools
and colleges.
Curriculum conferences are held
each year on the campus for the
purpose of promoting changes in
courses of students in high schools
and colleges.
The Democrats have been invited
to hold their 1940 convention in the
famed football Rose Bowl stadium
in California.
Cards - Tree Decorations
Gifts of all Kind
HICKS’
Ben Franklin Store
Alumnotes
(Continued from page 3)
row Everett, ’32, have each been
hostesses at play-days in their dis-
tricts this fall. Mildred Dewberry,
’39, and Prances Cumbee, ’38, have
been appointed chairmen of the
play-day committees in their dis-
tricts for next year.
The following members of the
Class of 1939 spent the weekend
on the campus recently: Ruth Rice,
Prances Douglas, Nell McKemie,
Juanita Morgan, jean Waller, Mary
Stewart Howell, Louise Mims, Anne
Laure Sigler, and Frances True-
man.
Beth Wallace, ’38, was married
last month to Mervyn Yates and
is living in Sylacauga.
Laura Virginia Stevens, ’38, was
married to Raymond C. Watson,
November 29. They are making their
home in Livingston.
The marriage of Daisy Turner,
ex-’37, to Phillip May of Brewton
took place November 9.
Ammi Copeland, ’33, is now Mrs.
Scott Ellington.
To be married soon are: Helen
Beard, ’35, to Joseph Miers Plant
of Gadsden and Birmingham, in
December; Mary Ellen Scheussler,
ex-’35, to William Benjamin Young
of Cullman, in December; Mary
Cooper Thomason, ’33, to Theodore
Arthur Meyer of St. Louis, Decem-
ber 31; Jane Herrell, ex-’36, to
Clinton E. Jones of Montgomery, in
December^
Technala Desires
Student Snapshots
Would you like to have your
snaps featured/in the TECHNALA?
Beginning on Friday, December 15,
1939, and continuing through Fri-
day, March 2, 1940, you may sub-
mit snaps to be considered for use.
All pictures not used in the 1940
TECHNALA will be returned to the
persons submitting them.
People submitting snapshots to
the TECHNALA should observe the
following regulations:
1. Be sure to submit the negative
with the pictures if possible. A pic-
ture is much more valuable to the
staff if it is accompanied by its
negative.
2. Put pictures in envelope. List
each snap separately, for example:
1. Dean Napier. 2. Mrs. McCoy.
3. Do not write on back of pic-
tures. Writing on the backs of pic-
tures often renders them unfit for
engraving purposes.
4. Get pictures that are different
both in subject matter and in posi-
tion of shooting. Don’t limit your-
self to places that have already
been photographed to death.
5. Avoid getting posed pictures.
6. Hand pictures in at Room 309
Ramsay.
7. Where suited these prints will
be used in college newspaper pub-
licity over the state.
Faculty Addresses
(Continued from page 7)
Mrs. Augusta Snodgrass, Mira-
marn Inn, West Palm Beach, Flori-
da.
Mr. Shelby Southard, Athens, Ala.
Mr. Cary V. Stabler, Montevallo.
Dr. Minnie Steckel, Montevallo.
Miss Ina Strom, Montevallo.
Miss Ollie Tillman, Clio, Ala.
Miss Nellie Mae Touchstone,
Georgetown, Mississippi.
Miss Minnie B. Tracey, 901 Capi-
tal Street, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Trumbauer,
Montevallo.
Dr. A. W. Vaughan, Montevallo.
Dr. Katherine Vickery, 1220 Jef-
ferson Avenue, New Orleans, Louisi-
ana.
Mrs. Lillian Ward, Montevallo.
Mr. Jack Warfield, 2733 North
Prospect Avenue, Wilwaukee, Wis.
' Mr. E. H. Willis, Montevallo.
Miss Honor Winer, 6136 Rochester
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Miss Lillian Worley, New Hope,
Ala.
Mr. Miecislaw Ziolkowski, Monte-
vallo.
^ For Food For that
^ Last Feast Before The
Holidays. Come To
McCULLEY’S
Movie Preview
(Continued from page 4)
what the young couple is about
to do to their own happiness, Ayres
dopes them both and a hilarious
bedroom farce follows, with all
sorts of naughty allusions thrown
in for spice and variety to the usual
Sunday-School-picnic of a motion
picture.
This is a good picture but not as
good as these three skillful actors,
Robert Taylor, Greer Garson, and
Lew Ayres, can handle. Billie
Burke also shines in her old way,
coyly and flutteringly.
PROGRAM
at the
STRAND
Tuesday and Wednesday
‘SECRETS OF DR. KILDARE”
With
Lew Ayres .Lionel Barrymore
♦
Thursday and Friday
Robert Taylor, Greer Garson
Lew Ayres in
“REMEMBER?”
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and order your Christmas Chesterfields now.
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HAPPY
NEW YEAR!
The Alabamian
Alabama College, the State College for Women
GOOD LUCK
ON EXAMS!
VOLUME XVII Z7
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, JANUARY 15, 1940
NUMBER 9
Poldi Mildner
Gives Concert
On Artist Series
Young Pianist Brings
New Ideas Concerning
Lives of Great Artists
Poldi Mildner, an internationally
celebrated virtuoso at about the
same age as Alabama girls, will
give a piano concert here Monday
evening, January 29, at 8:15 o’clock.
Only twelve short years ago an
eleven year old Poldi, shy but con-
fident of her playing, made her
debut at the Vienna Concert hall.
Wearing pale green silk, her flaxen
braids tied with black ribbon, Poldi
played a Beethoven sonata, two
Chopin waltzes, and Hungarian
Rhapsody No. 13.
In the midst of adulation from
audiences, head-swelling criticisms
in the newspapers, the shy little
Fraulien accepts fame as calmly as
familiar Hungarian goulash. The
secret of her success is simple. Poldi
says, “In all my life, I have- thought
of nothing except music.”
Youthful Poldi Mildner has as
full a schedule as most girls her
age. She gets up in the morning
at an hour she considers “very
late”—at seven-thirty. She prac-
tices three hours in the morning,
perhaps another hour or two in the
afternoon. In the remaining hours
she studies, reading the lives of
composers, goes to the theatre or
movies, and often attends the con-
cert of a colleague when she( is not
giving one herself.
Poldi’s Shoe Raid
Poldi relieves the strain of such
a confining schedule by playing the
“shoe game.” At hotels where guests
are accustomed to put their shoes
out to be shined, a mischievous
Poldi creeps out in the early morn-
ing and surreptitiously swaps them
around. Dainty ladies’ dancing
slippers appear, as if by magic, be-
fore the door of a confirmed bache-
lor, or rough, masculine boots are
found in front of the door of the
strictest spinster. After a “shoe”
raid, an aura of holiness will sur-
round Poldi, and she will be good
for a week.
Poldi, unlike most girls, does not
think she will marry. She says,
“Music is suchs a big thing in my
life—it is all I think of. Marriage
ought to be a big thing, too, and
how could I fit two things so big
(Continued on page 4)
“Tea Is Served”
Says Campus Hostess
Emily Pratt, Campus Elite,
Possesses All Qualities
To Make A Gracious Hostess
The charming graciousness that
makes guests feel at home in any
situation; a smiling unaffected dig-
nity that makes her outstanding in
any group; an ability to cope with
any situation—it isn’t often that
one can find such qualities in a
person as those that typify our
campus hostess, Emily Pratt.
An interview was impossible, nor
was it necessary. Everywhere I
heard complimentary remarks,
enough to fill a book..The four bi-
cycilists who rode to Columbiana
to see “Pratt” in her role as hostess
received such a warm welcome and
were so royally entertained that
her future is definitely made.
As a student, Emily is very popu-
lar among faculty, classmates, and
“co-eds” who visit during the week-
end. Her smiling countenance makes
sun shine, even in rainy weather.
She has “taken in” a large; number
of extra-curricular activities, in-
cluding Dance Group, home econ-
omics functions, committees for
plays, dances and numerous others.
Knowing that a hostess must be ex-
tremely well read and informed in
every field, she has not centered
her interest too much in one field,
but has acquired a knowledge wide
in scope. When we say we envy her
because she has everything that
we would desire, we mean she’s
move than tops—she can’t be beat.
Looking into our crystal ball we
see great hopes for you, Emily—
as hostess of Grand Hotel or some-
thing equally as important.
Alumna Conducts
Musical Broadcast
Miss Susan Graves, a member of
the Class of 1930, is now conduct-
ing a program known as the “For-
um on World Folk Music” over
WRUL, Boston, one of New Eng-
land’s most powerful stations. This
program has a world-wide audience
inasmuch as the programs over
WRUL are also broadcast through
short-wave channel, WIXAL, for
overseas listeners.
After receiving her Bachelor of
Music degree here, Miss Graves was
awarded a'Master of Music Educa-
tion degree from the Chicago Musi-
cal college and has done dis-
(Continued on page 4)
New Edition of Tower Magazine Points
To True Significance of Campus Landmark
A hew accent, a new aspect—both
of these are stressed in the first
1939-40 issue of the TOWER., edited
this year by Madie Belle Ward.
Original selections written by mem-
bers of all four classes contribute
to the thought behind the TOWER
of its being abstractly beautiful but
also basically useful. This theme is
carried out in the new thoughts,
ideas, and forms of writing which
are found in this issue.
An interpretation of the purpose
of making the TOWER a thing of
past and present beauty is found in
the attractive cover design, drawn
by Virginia Boykin.
With these goals in view, this
issue of the TOWER presents se-
lections ranging from the most
sensuous imagery to the most strik-
ing reality.
One of the most significant fea-
tures of this issue is a section en-
titled: “Theorem: 1939: What is
Vital?” Initiating a new mode of
presenting the thoughts and opin-
ions of certain students on the
campus, this piece of group writ-
ing is very representative of the
thinking of many other students
at Alabama College.
Delving into the question of what
is vital, and attempting to analyze
the varied impressions and answers
to this question provided by a rich
subject around which to center a
composite piece of writing. Truly,
this “Theorem: 1939” is one to
make the TOWER readers ponder
upon its significance.
Recently, many articles have been
written and many speeches have
been given on the subject of propa-
ganda. The article, “Student Slants
on Propaganda,” presents a very
complete survey of the problems of
propaganda and gives various ideas
that have been advanced by con-
temporary writers. The students’
reactions to these ideas and the
comparisons drawn are very inter-
esting to read and form a new type
of TOWER material.
THESE ARE OUR LIVES, re-
viewed by Mary Sterne, is one of
the recent books to which we Sou-
therners should pay particular
notice, for it gives a living picture
of the real lives of Southerners,
not as a Northerner sees them, not
the prototype, “Southern Aristo-
crat,” expected by many readers, but
Southern people as they really are,
and their lives, as they are told to
members of the Federal Writers’
project of the Works Progress ad-
ministration of North Carolina,
Tennessee, and Georgia. These in-
terviewers have taken the/ informa-
tion they obtained and put it into
(Continued on page 4)
Op en House
The College is inviting the
people of Montevallo and stu-
dents to the first public inspec-
tion of Comer hall, the new
classroom and office building,
and Reynolds hall, which has
been remodeled and is to be-
come the College Union build-
ing. They are invited to inspect
these two buildings between the
hours of 2:00 and 4:30 p.m., Sat-
urday, January 20. There will
be members of the faculty and
staff in each building to ex-
plain what their uses are to be.
Refreshments are to be served
in Reynolds hall. This feature
of the Open House will be in
the hands of the Alumnae Sec-
retary and the student govern-
ment.
New Debate Teams
Plan Six Contests
For the 1940 Season
Six groups of debates have been
scheduled for the spring season by
J. H. Henning, debate coach.
Two debates with teams from
Wheaton college, Wheaton, Illinois,
will take place here, February 6,
at 7:30 o’clock. The negative team
will be Sara Peck Weaver and Yen-
na York. Affirmative speakers will
be Annie Mae Paulk and Sara
Rumbley.
Debaters from Presbyterian col-
lege, Clinton, South Carolina, will
speak here, March 1, in the Rey-
nolds Little theatre. Debates will be
held at 4:30 and 7:30 o’clock.
The affirmative team of Missis-
sippi State College for Women,
Columbus, Mississippi, will debate
the campus negative team, Tuesday,
March 12.
Negative debaters from Washing-
ton and Jefferson university, Wash-
ington, Pennsylvania, are sched-
uled for debate, Wednesday, March
20.
The affirmative team will debate
the women’s team of the Univer-
sity of Alabama here, Tuesday,
March 26.
Tentative plans have been made
for debates with teams from Man-
chester 'College, North Manchester,
Indiana; Spring Hill college, Mo-
bile; and Huntingdon college, Mont-
gomery.
Sculpture Exhibits
Opens New Fields
The sculpture exhibit which opens
January 29 in Bloch hall offers an
unusual opportunity to those in-
terested in art. The exhibit has
been arranged through Robinson
galleries, New York, producers of
Limited Edition Sculpture.
This recently launched venture
in the socialization of art is put-
ting the best contemporary Amer-
ican sculpture within reach of av-
erage means. The pieces are dupli-
cate originals, not reproductions.
Sculptors represented are: Alice
Decker, Franc Epping, John B.
Flannagin, Chaim Gross, Maurice
Glickman, Margaret Brassier Kane,
Robert Laurent, Oranzis Maldarelli,
Antonio Salemme, Concetta Scar-
avaglione, Marion Walton, Anita
Weschler, Warren Wheelock, Wil-
liam Zorack, Jose DeCreeft, Doro-
thea Grum Caun, John Hovannes,
and Carl L. Schnitz.
Mr. Ziolkowski Gives
Concert At University
Miecislaw Ziolkowski, professor of
piano, has been invited by the
School of Music of the University
of Alabama to present a piano re-
cital there, Wednesday, January 31.
Mr. Ziolkowski will play num-
bers from the recital which he gave
on the campus recently. Among the
compositions will be Beethoven’s
“Moonlight Sonata” and Mr. Ziol-
kowski’s own composition, “Moun-
tain Fantasy.”
College Glee Club Begins 1940
With National Broadcast
And Long Trip To Florida
t(OneLump or Two?”
Asks Mrs. Roosevelt
Alumnae Secretary’s Holiday
Highlight Is Social Tea At
Capitol White House
Among the answers to the inevi-
table question, “What did you do
during the holidays?” no one on
the campus gave ALABAMIAN re-
porters a more newsworthy reply
than the alumnae secretary, Miss
Frances Ribble. She had tea and
attended a musicale at the White
House as Mrs. Roosevelt’s guest.
“It all happened very unexpect-
edly,” Miss Ribble said. “I was in
Washington visiting relatives and
paying some calls on members of
cur alumnae chapter in the capi-
tal. Mrs. L. H. Whitten, one of our
active members, is an acquaintance
of Mrs. Helm, the White House so-
cial secretary, and it was through
her that the invitation came.”
As luck would have it, Miss Rib-
ble found her seat by that of the
First Lady during the musical and
dance program with which the
guests were entertained. In the
short chat with Mrs. Roosevelt,
Miss Ribble forgot to tell her that
she, too, writes a newspaper column.
Her “Alumnotes” are a regular fea-
ture of the ALABAMIAN.
McCloskey Writes
Consumer Article
For New Magazine
Dr. Gordon W. McCloskey, pro-
fessor of sociology, is a contribut-
ing editor to the magazine publish-
ed bi-monthly by the National Con-
sumers Education association. The
magazine was organized a ,year ago
at Stephens college to provide
teachers with accurate information
on products.
Dr. McCloskey will contribute a
column on the relations between
variations in income and consump-
tion. He states: “I think the asso-
ciation is going to fill a place in
economics education that has been
blank so far. Classic education has
emphasized production and distri-
bution rather than consumption.
This recent emphasis on consump-
tion will humanize economics, that
is, it will focus economic enalysis
on human needs.”
Registration Begins
Now For Students
- Students may get their registra-
tion cards for the second semester
from the Registrar’s office at any
time beginning Tuesday, January 9.
After securing the registration
card, each student should report
to her major professor in order to
have her program outlined and ap-
proved for the second semester’s
work. After program has been out-
lined, students should report to in-
dividual instructors for assignments
to sections and at the same time
receive the individual instructor’s
approval. Heads of departments1
will be found in their offices at
schedueled periods which will be
posted by each department head.
As soon as cards have all been ap-
proved students should report back
to the Registrar’s office.
The Registration committee will
meet in Palmer Auditorium on
Monday, January 22, at 8 o’clock
and will remain as long as neces-
sary to adjust any student’s sched-
ule which is in conflict and to as-
sist irregular students and enter-
ing freshmen with their schedules.
Students may make payments at
Bursar’s office beginning Monday,
January 22.
* 'Alabama Day’ ’ Features
Seventy-Five of Club
Preceding Miami Visit
The Glee club will begin its 1940
season, January 20, with a nation-
wide broadcast, followed by an ex-
tended concert tour to Florida.
Seventy-five members of the Glee
club will sing on the “Alabama
Day” broadcast at the Municipal
auditorium in Birmingham, Satur-
day night at 9:30. Governor Frank
M. Dixon will be master of cere-
monies on the program which will
be carried by the 119 stations of the
Columbia Broadcasting system
through WAPI.
Twenty-eight members of the
Glee club will leave, January 21,
for a tour of southern Alabama
and Florida. The group will be
guests of the University of Miami
for several days and on the return
trip will give concerts in northern
Florida, centering around Stetson
university in Deland. Concerts in
south Alabama towns will include
programs at Samson, Florala, Anda-
lusia, Elba, Enterprise, Ozark, and
Wetumpka.
Nine-Day Tour
The tour will last rune days and
will call for approximately two
thousand miles of travel.
Students who will make the Flori-
da trip are: Eloise Jones, Louise
Wallace, Elizabeth McDowell, -Mar-
guerite Jernigan, Lenore Oliver,
Elizabeth Griffin, Barbara Sims,
Mary Alison, Jane Pitman, Mary
Helen Moore, Evelyn Alison, Marga-
ret Stallworth, Mary Beall Hall.
Flidera Tapia, Marjorie Grimes,
Sara James, Lois Anne Smith, Min-
nie Priester, Olive Barnes, Marga-
ret McAllister, Edna Hays, Sara
Cartwright, Cathleen Waddell, Jer-
ry Camp, Ozelle Deason, Elizabeth
Gulledge, and Fay Prater.
It’s Open House
AtTearoomMonday
Don your best sweater and skirt
and the food’s on the house!
The long awaited new tearoom
will open in Reynolds hall, Mon-
day night, January 22, with a grand
housewarming. The tearoom will be
open from 7:30-10:30 to entertain
the students who will arrive in
groups. Y. W. C. A. cabinet mem-
bers will serve coca-colas and
cookies to the musical accompani-
ment of a string ensemble.
Furnishings for the tearoom in-
clude chromium furniture and Vene-
tian blinds. There are several booths
for semi-privacy of dates. Canvas
murals will be added later.
A' notice will appear later in the
bulletin, announcing what groups
may be expected at what times at
the tearoom “housewarming.”
Jeanne Espy Is Elected
New Freshman Leader
Jeanne Espy will lead the fresh-
man class in and out of its act-
ivities during the rest of the 1939-
40 term. She was chosen president
inthe elections, January 11. Run-
ning against her were Sara Red-
doch, Naomi Meyer, and Sue Hol-
man.
Other representatives chosen
from the class were Florence Ben-
nington, 'vice-president; Shirley
York, secretary; Margaret Price,
treasurer; Barbara Ames, repre-
sentative to athletic board; Lois
Blake, executive board; Nancy Pow-
ers, publications board; Annie Ruth
Beasley, Mary Curtis, Alline Ellis,
Jeanne Espy, Adaline McLendon,
Sara Reddoch, Martha Ward, Doro-
thy Watson, Gwendolyn Williams,
and Shirley York, senators.
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JANUARY 15, 19410
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
EDITORIALS
Good Luck on Exams!
“Honesty is the best policy”—it’s old as the hills,
and it’s withstood) years of wear and tear. And yet,
in this modern age of “humpty-diddle, skedadledy-
do,” it’s still as powerful, threatening, popular and
true as ever before.
«
The semester is almost over and it’s time again
to present your talents and receive your rewards
accordingly. The word EXAMINATION itself is
terrifying, almost distracting. But it’s for you in-
dividually and not in collaboration with the help
of several or even one other person.
Sermons like Good Sportsmanship, Religious Life,
Leaders of Tomorrow are excellent—and. important
to remember. But the only real,thing to consider is
YOU.
“You have to live with yourself, and so
You want to be fit) for yourself to know.”
Be honest with yourself. If you’ve done your best
all the term, you’re bound to win. If you haven’t,
then you’ve learned your lesson but you’ll have an-
other chance to prove your worth. If you have no
confidence in your own ability, then why think so
much of anyone else’s?
It's A Small Tower!
We, who are taking such an active part in the
program of the new type curriculum, are always
pleased when our campus progresses, tries new
things.
That is only one reason why we are so praise-
worthy of our new TOWER.—it has “improved on
tradition.”
Feeling the need for a new, more “down-to-earth”
type of material, Madie Belle Ward, with the help
of a selected staff and other students, ha-s given
us a book, a truly literary composition, which pos-
sesses in its poetic lines a deeper meaning than
ever before.
We especially commend “These Things Are Vital.”
We like the “newness” of the idea, but we are
more impressed with the idea itself.
Congratulations, TOWER staff i^embers! Thanks
for what you’ve given us—a book which will hold
memories in years to come; a book filled with beau-
tifully expressed, rhythmic words and phrases, be-
tween which lines we’ve read thoughts powerful and
capable enough of building or destroying a king-
dom.
"I Hereby Resolve . . . "
It’s ■New Year’s—1940!
It’s time to reminisce—remember a year ago to-
day? Remember the highlights? When you hit bot-
tom? Mistakes you made? Dreams you dreamed, re-
alized, and forgot? Remember friends? School?
Graduation? Vacation? School again?
And now it’s all over. The slate has been wiped
clean and we’re ready to travel the same road again
—not the same, for now our hopes, dreams, and
ambitions are greater than ever before.
Happy New Year to everyone from the ALA-
BAMIAN staff! We hope you’ll find life to the full-
est of your expectations.
Make your new year’s resolutions and live them.
And as a starter:
“Do more than exist—live.”
“Do more than look—observe.”
“Do more than read—absorb.”
“Do more than hear—listen.”
“Do more than listen—understand.’’
“Do more than think—ponder.”
“Do more than talk—say something.”
“Hitch your wagon to a star” and may this be
the best year you’ve ever known.
Campus
Gossip
By 3 Snoops
This is ye old campus snoop, real-
ly on her last leg, but at least I’ve
still got a leg to stand on and I’m
here to tell you that many a one-
legged person is able to go places,
see and hear things. In other words,
chillun, let down your hair and let’s
gossip.
A certain little bunch of seniors
have little room to talk. There’s no
one that loves the choicest bit of
gossip about anyone more than
yours truly, but I do get kinder
hot under the collar when all they
do is sit around talking about other
people and what they do and say.
When all the time the only differ-
ence in the other people and them
is the fact that the others don’t
make any bones about what they
are doing. After all, nothing is se-
cret down here. Why try to hide
anything from anybody else?
By the way, Willie, are you trav-
eling for any particular company,
or are you in business for your-
self? There are a few rooms left
yet. Hurry though, before spring
cleaning takes place. Maybe it’s a
good thing your roommate is a
traveling saleslady, too. Works nice,
doesn’t it? We wouldn’t know, but
just from observation and rumor,
it sounds O.K.
Hewell has a new complaint. She
doesn’t mind borrowing from others
nor lending to others—but I think
she does mind playing for keeps.
Better give it back girls—she’s on
a rampage.
Speaking of honey—now don’t
say who was, for I am—or even peas
in a pod—there’s one bunch of
seniors that stick together so close
that even the queen bee (that
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REPORTERS
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Lee, Imogene Harris, Mary Grace Orr, Nancy Powers, Sara Reddoch, Imogene Foshee,
Gwendolyn Tittle, Annie Lee Jones, Frances Padgett, Sammie Dorrough, Mary Sue Ed-
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buzzes all the time) has a little
trouble in prying them loose long
enough to wade into the middle of
things and stuff or sompin,’ mostly
or sompin.’ I don’t wanta ever hear
anybody say that they think it’s
silly for a certain bunch to run
around together all the time. Bees
do stay close together, you know,
and do they buzz!
Oh, oh, before I forget—just one
more word about spring cleaning. A
lot is thrown away and many old
things are rearranged in such an
order that one doesn’t even recog-
nize the original. House cleaning
really means a lot—especially a lot
of trouble, for it just will upset
a few careful plans—even in the
best of families.
Did you hear what happened in
the smoker last week? My “last leg’’
was a bit weak so I got there too
late to get the inside dope. I| won’t
let you down again. But from all
I gather, “Smoke Gets in Their
Eyes” and I hear that it was “Love
in Flames.” Too bad, Sara.
And speaking of songs, Mary
Beddow’s theme is “Oh, How I Hate
to Get up in the Morning”—did
you say morning? Why, the first
day after Christmas holidays we
ate breakfast in the middle of the
night.
The next time you give out of
something to do, make a visit to
Adolescent Alley, why don’t you?
Santy brought Bitsy Robbins a
double for Christmas.
Dr. Trumbauer’s directing class
is running a close race with Mr.
Warfield. Congratulations, girls! We
can see your names in lights al-
ready.
We aren’t turning this into a
question box, or anything, but there
are a few points we’d like to clear
up so we can start the new year
right:
1. Why aren’t we seeing as much
of Adolescent Alley in Ramsay as
we used to? Is she! catching on?
2. What’s wrong, does little Ing-
ram snore? Won’t somebody di-
vide roommates with her?
3. Cookie, why do you always
keep your eyes on to Morrow? Who
are you afraid of, the juniors?
4. Chris, what stalled that visit
to the Publications board the other
day ,even after Ann said she’d
go with you?
5. Mother Burton, we hear you
like to shoot firecrackers—please
tell us the inside story.
6. Martha T., did you ever hear
of a person having two shadows?
And how’s the Pole?
7. Don’t you just love to go to
flitting (’scuse me, modern danc-
ing) class, Virginia Wright?
Colonel, these are some Ribbles,
we mean riddles, for you to solve.
The members of the junior class
appreciate those more fortunate
people who will furnish prom dates
by request. Thanks just the same—
no, thanks. This is leap year.
And speaking of studies, here’s
hoping you survive the exams—and
make good, too.
And we haven’t wished you a
happy new year yet. Here’s to 1940,
and lots of gossip—that’s our reso-
lution.
Good night! Ho hum!
Change and Exchange
ADVICE TO THE CO-EDS
A sophisticated girl is one who knows, how to re-
fuse a kiss without being deprived of it.
Jealousy is a kind of friendship that exists between
women.
A girl should be beautiful and dumb-^beautiful
so I’ll love her and dumb so she’ll love me.
—The Washington Elm
* * * *
DEFINITIONS
Gravity—A mystery of the body, invented to con-
ceal the defects of the mind.
Politician—One who* shakes your hand before the
election and your acquaintance afterwards.
Dictator—A man who thinks he can take it—no
matter to whom it belongs.
Humorist—A man who feels bad but who feels
good about it. —Reveille Elcho
* * * *
A colored preacher wasi hearing confession. In the
middle of it, he stopped the young sinner, saying—
“Young man, you ain’t confessin’, you’s braggin’.
* * * *
Exams are just like women,
This statement is, quite right:
They ask you foolish questions,
And keep you up all night.
—The Kalamazoo College Index
* * * *
Then there was the cannibal’s daughter who liked
the boys best when they were stewed.
* * * V
Women are seeking
The great open spaces;
Blouses with eyelets
The sheerest of laces
Stockings of mesh,
A sandal that shows
Through punctured partitions
Sections of toes.
It goes very hard
On sensitive souls
»
To step out attired
In nothing but holes!
* * * *
Jumping at conclusions is the only mental exer-
cise some people get.
* * * *
“I think the greatest ravage of war is this—it
kills off the best of living humanity.”
If it destroys the fit, it preserves the unfit. That
means the generation to come is biologically weak-
ened. —Beulah College
* * * *
“HIS MEALS HAVE ELEVEN STAGES”
1. Milk.
2. Milk and bread.
3. Milk, eggs, bread, and spinach.
4. Oatmeal, bread and butter, green apples and
all-day suckers.
5. Ice cream sodas and hot dogs.
6. Minute steak, fried potatoes, coffee, and apple
pie.
7. Boullion, roast duck, scalloped potatoes, cream-
ed broccolli, fruit salad, divinity fudge and
demi-tasse.
8. Pate de foie gras, weiner schnitzel, potatoes
Parrissienne, egg plant a l’opera, demi-tasse,
Rochefort cheese.
9. Two soft-boiled eggs, toast and milk.
10. Crackers and milk.
11. Milk.
—The University Echo
* * * *
SHORT STORY OF THE WEEK
Freshman: Mary is the girl back home and I love
her dearly.
Sophomore: Mary is the girl back home I write to.
Junior: Mary is the girl back home.
Senior: Mary is a girl’s name.
♦ * * *
What’s that which we all love more than life,
Fear more than death or mortal strife—
That which contented men desire,
The poor possess, the rich require—
The miser spends, the spendthrift saves,
And all men carry to their graves? i
The answer is nothing.
—The Star of Hope
* * * *
MISTAKES
When a plumber makes a mistake, he charges
twice for it. When a lawyer makes a mistake, it is
just what he wanted, because he has a chance to
try the case all over again. When a carpenter makes
a mistake, it/ is just what he expected. When a judge
makes a mistake, it becomes the law of the land.
When a preacher makes a mistake, nobody knows
the difference. BUT, when the editor* makes a mis-
take good night. —Tulane Hullabaloo
* * * *
Question: What does a bride think when she walks
into the church?
Answer: Aisle, alter, hymn.
—The Star of Hope
* * * *
The giggling girl is not so sure to grow up a laugh-
ing woman.
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
JANUARY 15. 1940
Page 3
News In Brief
Dr. w. H. Trumbauer, director of
dramatics, is the new chairman of
a committee on policy for “Players
Magazine.” He was elected at the
recent National Speech, Theatre,
and Players convention in Chicago
* * *
Grant Wood, a recognized master
of the American school of painting,
is going to lecture, January 20, at
8:00 at the Thomas Jefferson hotel.
His coming is being sponsored by
the Birmingham Art club and a
number of students and faculty
members of the college are planning
to attend.
THE CLEARING HOUSE! has ac-
cepted for publication the article,
“A New Type Commencement Pro
gram for Progressive Education,”
by Miss Elizabeth Utterback. Miss
Utterback also has an article in the
December, 1939, CURRICULUM
JOURNAL entitled “High School
English Based on Social Studies.’’
Dr. Henry Harap, the editor, asked
Miss Utterback to write this after
observing her work here.
* * *
Miss Elizabeth Utterback spoke
to the high school teachers of Jef-
ferson county at Phillips high
school in Birmingram recently. Her
subject was “The New High School
in a New Era.”
* « *
Mrs. Mary G. Bickler, consul
tant in family life education, is
teaching a course in parent edu-
cation at Opp. This group will meet
each Wednesday for the next four
months.
* * *
Dr. Leah Dennis, of the English
department, has been made secre-
tary of the Modem Language as-
sociation dealing with “Literary
Tendencies During the Latter 18th
Century.” For three years Dr. Den-
nis has been a member of a re-
search group conducting an inquiry
in this field.
* * *
Dr. Minnie L. Steckel, student
counselor, spoke at a special con-
vocation for the women students
of Alabama Polytechnic institute,
Thursday, January 11, at the invi-
tation of Dr. Rosa Lee Walston.
Dr. Steckel’s subject was taken
from her latest bulletin, “Alabama
Women and Their Employers.”
Dr. Steckel’s new study was men-
tioned very favorably in the cur-
rent issue of INDEPENDENT
WOMAN.
* * *
Dr. J. I. Riddle, professor of edu-
cation, is assisting with a survey
of Montgomery public schools with
reference to possible expanding of
building facilities there. Engaged
with him on this work are Dr. H.
Clifton Pannell of the University
and Dr. Laben Smith of Auburn.
* * *
Two recent graduates of Alabama
College, Miss Louise Hamilton and
Miss Marjorie Browne, have been
granted Commonwealth Founda-
tion fellowships in the field of so-
ciology, according to an announce-
ment by Dr. Katherine Vickery, of
the committee on graduate study at
Montevallo.
Miss Hamilton, whose home is
Demopolis, has elected to study at
the New York School of Social
(Continued on page 4)
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Upper-Classmen Schedule of Examinations, First Semester 1939-40
TUES., JAN. 16 WED., JAN. 17 TIIURS., JAN. 18 FRI., JAN. 19
8-10 8-10 8-10 8-10
All 2nd hr. classes (9-10) which meet MWF or on any of these days. All 1st hr. classes (8-9) which meet TTh or on any of these days. All 1st hr. classes (8-9) which meet MWF or on any of these days. All 2nd hr. classes (9-10) which meet TTh or on any of these days.
10-12 10-12 10-12 10-12
All 6th hr. classes (2:30-3:30) which meet TTh or on any of these days. \ All 4th hr. classes (11-12!) which meet MWF or on any of these days. All 4th hr. classes Cll-12) which meet TTh or on any of these days. All 6th hr. classes (2:30-3:30) which meet MWF or on any of these days.
1:30-3:30 1:30-3:30 1:30-3:30 1:30-3:30
All 5th hr. classes (1:30 - 2:: 30) which meet TTh or on any of these days. All 3rd hr. classes (10-11) which meet MWF or on any of these days. All 3rd hr. classes (10-11) which meet TTh or on any of these days. All 5th hr. classes (1:30 - 2:30) which meet MWF or on any of these days.
3:30-5:30 3:30-5:30 3:30-5:30 3:30-5:30
All 8th hr. classes (4:30 - 5:30) which meet MWF or on any of these days. All 7th hr. classes (3:30 - 4:30) which meet TTh of* on any of these days. All 7th hr. classes (3:30 - 4:300 which meet MWF or on any of these days. All 8th hr. classes (4:30 - 5:30) which meet TTh or on any of these days.
Music and Comedy
Will Entertain You
THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT
—Sunday and Monday.
It will be a holiday for Victor
Herbert lovers when “The Great
Victor Herbert,” starring Allan
Jones and Mary Martin, comes to
town Sunday and Monday, January
21-22.
Allan Jones, Mary Martin, and
adolescent Suzanna Foster sing Vic-
tor Herbert’s beloved melodies with
the enthusiasm they deserve. Mary
(My-Heart Belongs to Daddy) Mar-
tin will thrill audiences with her
simple loveliness and fresh sweet-
ness. Suzanna Foster as Victor Her-
bert’s (Walter Connolly) daughter,
is charming. Allan Jones, as always,
does his part well.
This motion picture is not the
story of the life of Victor Herbert,
but the story of how he pushed two
struggling young singers, Allan
Jones and Mary Martin, to success.
Allan Jones and Mary Martin are
cast as lovers who will touch the
heart strings of all who have ever
loved or wanted to love. Allan and
Mary marry, and Mary finds suc-
cess with her pure, sweet voice.
This is a picture you shouldn’t
miss if you like Victor Herbert mu-
sic, or if your heart beats faster
over young love and its tender
manifestations.
* * *
THE CHICKEN WAGON FAMILY
—Tuesday and Wednesday.
Jane Withers will appear in an-
other of the family pictures that
have become favorites in the past
few months. “The Chicken Wagon
Family” is a picture of underpriv-
ileged people. Jane Withers lends
her usual wholesome fun to this
in-the-family-way plot.
* * *
HE MARRIED HIS WIFE^-Thurs-
day and Friday.
“He Married his Wife” is another
romantic comedy, this one starring
Nancy Kelley and Joel McCrea. We
should admire Nancy Kelley as one
of the few actresses who can still
fit into pictures after being out of
the running for several years. These
two actors show they are veterans
in the trade by the skill with which
they do their parts. Nancy Kelley
and Joel McCrea make fine lovers,
too.
SPORTS .
By Sara Harris, Sports Editor
Home Economics Majors
Present Fashion Show
The sophomore and junior cloth-
ing classes will present a fashion
show in Palmer auditorium, Thurs-
day, January 25, at 8 o’clock. The
juniors will model dresses and dis-
play the small boys’ suits they have
made.
On the planning committee of the
junior class are Mae Pearl Hocutt,
Katherine Turnipseed, and Hazel
Cox. Working with the sopho-
more planning committee are Kath-
ryn Watford, Grace Jones, Yancey
Bailey, and Beulah Kathryn Gul-
lage.
Members of the home economics
department who have recently re-
ceived places as teachers are Syl-
via Lantz, home conomics super-
visor in Andalusia; Berneese By-
num, vocational teacher at Red
Level; Rebecca Smith, vocational
teacher in Ashland; and Laura Lou
Garrett, doing vocational work in
Coffee county.
Miss Margaret McCall, head of
the physical education department,
was appointed chairman of a com-
mittee to direct a survey on soccer
for THE RESEARCH QUARTER-
LY. The survey will be made to
determine the status of soccer for
women in colleges and universities
of the south, combined with a sur-
vey of methods of teaching soccer.
Miss Elizabeth Conn, physical ed-
ucation instructor here, and Miss
Helen Pendergast, connected with
the L. S. U. physical education de-
partment, will serve on the com-
mittee. The survey was mentioned
in an article in the December issue
of THE RESEARCH QUARTERLY
of American Association for Health,
Physical Education, and Recreation.
Questionnaires were mailed to 203
directors of physical education in
fifteen southern states. Some of
the pertinent questions were: What
per cent of the colleges and uni-
versities in the south include soc-
cer in their program? Is soccer re-
quired of majors? Of non-majors?
What is the average length of the
class period for activity classes?
* * *
Harriette Donahoo, who is bas-
ketball councillor, wishes to send
out a warning plea. She says, “Don’t
break down your resistance prepar-
ing for examinations this week, and
don’t let your basketball enthusiasm
wane because practice will begin as
soon as the doors of Reynolds are
opened. There have been no prac-
tices yet because of classes in the
Field House after 4:30.”
* * *
Miss Elizabeth Conn, Mrs. Marva
Hough Notestine, and Miss Marga-
ret McCall, members of the College
Board of Officials, will conduct
basketball ratings at the State
Teachers college at Livingston, Fri-
day and Saturday, January 12-13.
Dr. Steckel Analyzes
Recent Study at Meeting
Secretarial Club
Dr. Minnie L. Steckel, student
counselor, presented an analysis of
her most recent study, “Alabama
Women and Their Employers,” at a
meeting of the Secretarial club,
January 4. Dr. Steckel gave a very
interesting account of a survey
that was made to find the various
characteristics of women employees
that employers thought most im-
portant. Dr. Steckel has done an ex-
cellent piece of work in making this
study.
Plans are under way for a great
Valentine’s party in February. It
is going to be one of the biggest
social events the club has "had.
* * *
International Relations Cluib
The International Relations club
met Wednesday, January 10. The
program consisted of a question
and answer group. Questions dealt
with current events, both national
and international. Some of the
questions asked were about recent
appointments made by the presi-
dent, about such figures as am-
bassadors, Democratic and Repub-
lican candidates, and other leading
men. The meeting served as a gen-
eral check-up on recent world
events.
Finnish Relief
The International Relations
club is beginning a drive for
contributions to Finnish Relief
fund. Contributions of any
amount will be gladly accepted.
There will be someone to call
on you within the next few
days.
If You Want a Man,
Here’s Your Chance!
It’s an old Scotch law—it’s an
old English custom. It’s the old
maid’s dream; it’s the bachelor’s
nightmare. It’s as old as time, as
modern as nail polish. We herald
its coming with sirens and horns,
firecrackers and champagne. We
sit up all night to wait for it. We
call it—LEAP YEAR!
Leap Year!, When girls propose—
and boys refuse. Every old maid
waits for it, and prays for it—and
keeps her weatheij eye peeled for a
man! What man? Any man!
It’s a privilege accorded once ev-
ery four years. Yet we get gyped
at that. Under the old Scotch law
every man who refuses a proposal
made during Leap Year “shall fur-
nish his rejected suitor with a for-
feit of one silk dress.”
How many silk dresses have you
collected so far this year?
Speech Students
Plan Book Reviews
Seven current books will be re-
viewed by speech students during
the first week after exams.
Frances Ward will review Rachel
Field’s “All This and Heaven Too.”
Yenna York will discuss “Again the
River” by Stella Morgan.
Ethel Vance’s “Escape” will be
described by Pauline McCool. “One
Fight More,” written by Susan
Ertz, will be reviewed by Gladys
Fuller. Flora Jane Abney is to dis-
cuss “Ordeal” by Neville Sheet.
Mary Kelly Porter will be the
reviewer of “Winter in April” by
George Jean Nathan. The final re-
view will be of “Black Narcissus,”
written by Rumer Godder, by Nell
Wooten.
Bulletin announcements will give
the time and place of the reviews.
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By Frances Ribble
Alumnae Secretary
Members of the Washington
Alumnae chapter entertained Dr.
A. F. Harman at a luncheon at the
Army-Navy Country club in Wash-
ington, Saturday, January 13.
Present at the meeting, in addi-
tion to the former students of Ala-
bama College, were several of the
wives of representatives from Ala-
bama; Miss Kathryn McHale, gen-
eral director of A. A. U. W.; Miss
Carrie Sutherland, president of Ar-
lington Hall and a former member
of the Alabama College faculty;
and Miss Rochelle Gachet, soon to
be connected wi!h Alabama College
as director of the vocational guid-
ance service.
Dr. Harman spoke to the group
about the College as it is today and
its plans for the future.
Under the guidance of Mamie Lou
Smith Wheeler, 18, the Washington
Alumnae chapter has had an active
year. Their December meeting was
in the form of a benefit luncheon,
proceeds of which were sent to the
Reynolds hall equipment fund.
On a visit to Washington during
the Christmas holidays, Frances
Ribble, alumnae secretary, was en-
tertained at a luncheon at the
home of Mrs. Wheeler. The fol-
lowing alumnae were also present:
Jane Howell Huie, ’37; Frances
Hartzog McGregor, ex-’37; Linnora
Harvey Whitten, ’14; Sara Howell
Keen, ’33; Ruth Little Scott, ’26;
Rosalie Willis Tate; Mary Pinks-
ton Lampson, ex-’ll; Elizabeth
Storrs Owen, ex-’22; Frances War-
ner Baldwin, ex-’21; and Mrs.
Wheeler.
* * *
Louise Hamilton, ’33, is attend-
ing the New York School of Social
Work where she received a Com-
monwealth Foundation fellowship.
She is studying in the field of psy-
chiatric case work. Previously Lou-
ise was connected with the State
Department of Public Welfare and
later with the Faith home, a pri-
vate children’s agency in Houston,
Texas.
* * * ^
Several members of the faculty
received Christmas greetings from
Iris Lewis Gagnon, ’29, who is liv-
ing in the Philippine Islands, where
her husband’s business is located.
She expects to return to the United
States at some time during 1940.
* * *
Another Far Eastern alumna,
Dorothy Davis McConaughy, ’37,
was heard from recently. She and
her husband, an American, consul,
have moved to Osaka, Japan, from
Kobe where they were previously
located.
* * *
Minnie Sellers, ’17, who is now
training consultant for the WPA,
was on the campus shortly before
Christmas where she met with a
group of faculty and town people
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JANUARY 15, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
News In Brief
(Continued from page 3)
Work. Miss Browne, from Plant
City, Florida, has chosen the Uni-
versity of Chicago. The stipend
from the Commonwealth Founda-
tion is sufficient to cover all school
and living expenses during the per-
iod of study. Both Miss Hamilton
and Miss Browne were honor grad-
uates of Alabama College, Miss
Hamilton of the Class of ’33, Miss
Brown in ’36. Miss Hamilton has
been working with the State De-
partment of Public Welfare, and
Miss Browne has been on the staff
of the State Training School for
Girls in Birmingham.
* * *
Two members of our music fac-
ulty, Mr. Miecislaw Ziolkowski and
Mr. York Kildea, served as judges
for the contest at the Birmingham
Conservatory of I&usic to select a
soloist who will be featured with
the Birmingham Civic symphony.
Mr. Roy McAllister was chosen.
♦ * *
Ideas and methods of teacher
training and elementary school
speech that have been in practice
here for the last four years were
discussed by the National Associa-
tion of Teachers of Speech as new
ideas in the field, according to J. H.
Henning who recently attended the
meeting of the group.
* * *
Miss Kellogg to New Orleans
Dr.. Joyce L. Kellogg of the Eng-
lish department spent a part of
her holidays attending the Mod-
ern Language association in New
Orleans. Miembers of the section
dealing with romantic poets evinced
much interest in the study of the
life and works of Charles Lloyd
which is now engaging Miss Kel-
logg’s attention.
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to discuss the possibility of a rec-
reational program in Shelby county.
* * *
Pope Byrd, ’38, is now child wel-
welfare worker in Shelby county.
Ibbie Jones, ’27, has obtained a
year’s leave of absence from Troy
where she has been dietitian at the
State Teachers college. She expects
to attend Columbia university next
semester.
* * «
Among the recent marriages are
those of: *
Jack Bowden, ’36, to John R.
Hardy, Jr., of Montevallo, on De-
cember 30.
Allison Blair, ’30, to Albert Mc-
Kinley Rains of Gadsden, Decem-
ber 29.
Imogene Sharpe, ’39. to John F.
Woolf of Anniston, December 2.
Mary Frances Larmore, ’37, to
Joseph E. Longshore of Birming-
ham, on December 23.
Fairye Carpenter, ’30, to Saxon L.
Wise of Clayton and Birmingham,
January 3.
Sylvia Raymon, ex-’39, to Nathan
N. Fleisher of Opelika, January 7.
Muriel Long, ex-’40, to Winifred
Morris Grissom of Augusta, Geor-
gia, December 19.
Goetna Goode, ’39, was married to
Allan M. Ames of Washington, D. C.
in the fall.
Jane Fowler, ’37, will be married
to William Rux Carter of Birming-
ham, February 17.
The engagement of Agnes Postell,
’35, to Robert L. Stevenson of Bir-
mingham was recently announced.
They will be married in late Feb-
ruary.
Poldi Mildner
Tower
(Continued from page 1)
what promises to be one of the
most important books of today.
“When Labor Speaks,” by Jeanne
Appleton, an interview of A. F. of
L. leaders in Alabama, provides an
article which will give its readers
subject for much controversy and
discussion. The TOWER editor
hopes to give in the next issue the
C. I. O.’s views on present-day la-
bor problems.
The short stories, poems, and
essays show a great variety of sub-
ject matter and treatment of ma-
terial.

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into my life?” Poldi has many pro-
posals, most of them in sentimen-
tal fan letters from admirers of
her art and youthful appearance.
Poldi Mildner has a great lesson
to teach: Youth can achieve as
well as age. Poldi Mildner is the
living incarnation of this truth and
is a challenge to young people the
world over.
Woman, man-chaser, will get her
break this year—it’s leap year.
Susan Graves
(Continued from page 1)
tinguished research in the field of
folk music at Harvard.
It is one of her theories that folk
music taught in elementary schools,
in correlation with world geography,
would serve as a basis for better
world citizenship and a greater ap-
preciation of music. In her series
of folk music forums, she traces
the beginnings of the world’s folk
music, broadcasting representative
selections from many nationalities
and racial groups. The theme of
her program series is that a better
understanding of the peoples of the
world is brought about through a
knowledge of their folk lore.
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VOLUME XVII Z7
The Alabamian
Alabama College, the State College for Women
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, JANUARY 29. 1940 7
NUMBER 10
Drama Group
Is Presenting
"Our Town”
Pulitzer Prize Play
V^ill Appear on Campus
Itfiss Gould Directing
“A beautifully evocative play, a
hauntingly beautiful play,” said the
NEW YORK TIMES of “Our
Town,” to be presented by the Ala-
bama Players, Thursday and Friday
evenings, February 1-2.
Miss Ellen-Haven Gould, director
of the play, says, “We feel that in-
terest in the play and the type of
play it is will be so universal that
no one should miss it. In order to
take care of conflicts the players
have decided to give two perform-
ances.”
: “Our Town,” a Pulitzer prize play
by Thornton Wilder, has had fav-
orable reports by competent critics.
Robert Benchley wrote, “There is
no doubt that any season could
count count itself proud to bring
forth ‘Our Town.’ ” Alexander
Woollcott said, “In all my days as
a theatre-goer no play ever moved
me so deeply.” “Our Town” was
hailed on all sides as “not a clever
imitation of life, but something of
the beat and wonder of life itself.”
Another critic said, “A rare and
charming picture of America which
tightens your throat and makes
your spirit roar.”
Men Cast in Play
Boys and men from the faculty
and faculty families are cast along
jside girls in the play. Mr. Jack
Warfield will play the Stage Man-
ager. Dr. Gibbs will be played by
Lois Blake. Kapsoon Kim has been
cast as Joe Crowell, Jr. Jean Espy
[will take the part of Howie New-
some. Yenna York will be Mrs.
Gibbs.
I Christine Griffin will portray
[Mrs. Webb. George Gibbs will be
portrayed by Frances Croley. Doro-
jthy Coleman’s part will be Rebecca
Gibbs. Jimmie Henning is cast as
Wally Webb. Frances Ward will
| Pi ay Emily Webb. John Orr’s part
is Professor Willard. Mr. Webb will
pe played by J. H. Henning. The
woman in the balcony will be por-
trayed by Mary Scott Howell. Mary
Green Johns will play the lady in
the box. Dr. Gordon McCloskey
will act the man in the auditorium.
Shirley York will be Simon Stev-
s°n. Annie Mae Paulk’s part is Mrs.
Soames. Mary Anne Edwards will
Play Constable Bill Warren,
j Patricia Smith will portray Jo
Crowell. Baseball players will be
Marjorie Brabston and Harriette
(Continued on page 4)
Local Man Speaks
To Economics Group
Methods of Developing- Rural
Areas Is Dominate Feature
Of Editor Wyatt’s Talk
Mr. W. M. Wyatt, editor of the
MONTEVALLO TIMES, discussed
some techniques of rural improve-
ment with an economics class in
Comer hall last Friday morning.
Mr. Wyatt pointed out that college
students can provide a great so-
cial service by helping plan and
administer programs and meetings
that will stimulate rural people to
make complete use of their re-
sources.
Mr. Wyatt has set an excellent
example. Two weeks ago he served
as master of ceremonies at a com-
munity meeting held at the local
high school. Mr. Wyatt has agreed
to serve in the same capacity at
future meetings.
You have been a help, Mr. Wyatt.
Come back.
Student Body Chooses Pratt and Letson
For Purple and Gold Leaders; Canon
And Diamond Are Selected Assistants
Renewal Of Snow
Scenes Will Occur
At Junior Prom
Spectacular class dances seem to
be in vogue this term—the Sopho-
more Hop with its elaborate south-
ern setting started the trend, and
now the juniors were really splurg-
ing on an unusual winter idea
carried out January 27.
Through an igloo couples enter-
ed the Field House where the first
thing to attract their attention was
a breath-taking snow scene from
which the 1 e a d o u t originated.
Coming from behind tall, silvery
white trees, partners for the lead
out met at the top of a snow
hill where they were silhouetted
against the sparkling winter moon.
As they walked down a ski slide the
orchestra played “Winter Won-
derland,” “Igloo,’’ “June in Jan-
uary,” and other appropriate num
bers while snow was falling all
around.
At the end of a lane of snowmen
which lined the two long walls
of the Field House, a similar snow
scene formed a suitable background
for the Auburn Knights orchestra
which was seated in a large sleigh.
The penguin motif which decorated
the dance programs was also car
ried out in music stands.
Hat check booths were disguised
as rustic ski lodges with icicles
hanging from the roof. Icicles were
an interesting feature of the dec-
orations as they glittered from ev-
ery rafter of the Field House, and
punch was served from ice punch
bowls oh top of huge snow banks,
Jean Letson, left, was chosen leader of the Golds, and Emily
Pratt, right, leader of the Purples, for the 1940 College Night per-
formance^ February 23 and 24. Mary Diamond is assistant Gold
leader and Ann Canon, assistant leader of the Purples.
Directing Class Completes Semester
With Presentations Of Six Plays
Given By Dr. Walter H. Trumbauer
^ar Dangers Delay Mildner’s Concert
^Trich Will Be Given On Feb. 15
L^ncert of the youthful pianist,
L , Mildner, has been postponed
L. . February 15 on account of the
lenity of obtaining steamer
r^age from Europe.
v.T® Mildner arrived in New
jv1™ yesterday aboard the liner
, ottingholm, after some delay
Con ^an£er- She will fill her earlier
engagements before com-
Montevallo.
tf, en the young Poldi first came
itriert erlca’ immigration officials
tioiiht k° detain her because they
iJoun SUch an attractive
!C0ri g lady could be an established
L Pianist. The infuriated Pol-
|the ked a nearby piano with
t>0i °Pening chords of a Chopin
the naise- When she had completed
illelvStleCti°n’ the offlcers approv-
]ft her pass, all doubt chased
their minds.
she°ffifMildner Proudly asserts that
(w her first musical training
the organ grinders. At the
age of three she would sit for hours
at the window listening to the or-
gan grinders in the street below
and then go to the piano and pick
the tune out. Soon she knew many
melodies, and an aunt decided to
really teach her the technicalities
of playing. When Poldi’s aunt dis-
covered how talented the child truly
was, she insisted that Poldi be giv-
en more advanced training. Only
over her father’s never ending pro-
testations did Poldi ever go farther.
Poldi Mildner is the girl who still
throws coins to organ grinders,
still playfully domineers her father,
and travels under the comforting
care of her mother; and the woman
who can play Chopin Nocturne or
Beethoven Sonata with a mini-
mum of effort and talk philosophy
on life, career, and marriage; and
the person who has carried the
banner unconsciously for the youth
of the world, and the domain of
versatility.
Six members of Dr. Walter H.
Trumbauer’s directing class pre-
sented a group of plays in Palmer
hall to close their semester
course. Members of the class in-
cluded Kapsoon Kim, Ellen Preuifc,
Annie Mae Paulk, Kate Corcoran,
Mary Greene Johns, and Mary Belk.
Mary Belk presented “T h e
Weather Breeder” by Merrill Deni-
son. The play was a character study
of an old farmer who falsely be-
believed he was a weather prophet
The cast included John, the farmer,
played by Ann Jackson, Lize by
Celia Killingsworth, Jim by Nell
Wooten. Virginia Nanearrow por-
trayed Lini and Nancy Merrill plays
Murl.
“The Rich Young Man”
Saturday Kate Corcoran produced
“The Rich Young Man” which was
based on the first act of “The Na-
dir Hour,” a play by Mrs. Marjorie
Woods Austin of Meridian, Missis-
sippi. This play gives the Hebrew
view of the crucifixion. The theme
was that of the rich young man who
rejected Christ and the effect of
his action on his family. Jean Espy
was the rich young man; Mattie Sue
Odum was his father, and the moth-
er was Tippy Swift. Terah was por-
trayed by Gene Allen, Deborah by
Carolyn Raborn, Suzanna by Melba
Ruth Jones. Theda Wyatt was cast
as Leah, and Eloise Martin as Zol.
Eloise Shores from the Montevallo
high school was Zuni.
“Simon, the Broad-Shouldered”
Monday night, January 8, a trio
of plays were given. Among them
was “Simon, the Broad-shouldered”
given by Mary Greene Johns. This
play, which was also based on Mrs.
Austin’s “Nadir Hour,” gives the
Cyrean point of view of the crici-
fixion. Mary Louise Rheay was
Simon; Mary Scott Howell was his
mother, Judith. Alexander was por-
trayed by Mabel Westley and Rufus
by Ellen Thompson. Hazel Morrow
was Rachel and Vera Parkmen was
Abigail, Simon’s wife. *
Ellen Preuit’s play was “At the
Receipt of Customs” by Mrs. Jean
Cameron Agner of LaFayette, Ala-
bama, former president of the
Writers’ conclave. The presenta-
tion involved the problem of the
tax collector and the people, with
undercurrents of the Jew and Gen-
tile.
The cast included Sara James as
Rachael, Helen Harris as Abdon,
Dot Watson as Kezea, Clara Nell
Lynn as Augusta, Lucile Argo as
Leni, and Lois Blake as Samuel.
The last play presented Monday
night was “Molten Rubins,” pro-
duced by Annie Mae Paulk. This
play was written by Mrs. Marjorie
McWorter of Birmingham, who is
assistant director of the Play Ser-
vice bureau which is a WPA proj -
ect under Alabama College spon-
sorship.
The plot is laid in the Middle
Ages and centers about the master
glassmaker’s effort to make red
glass. The master was Yenna York,
and his daughter, Heloise, was Dor-
othy Coleman. Sara Reddoch was
Francois, and Gladys Fuller the
priest. Simon was played by Jean
Vick, the duke by Ezelle Bonner,
the messenger by Srirley York, and
the devil by Christine Griffin.
Kapsoon Kim presented her play,
“The Twilight Saint,” by. Stark
Young, December 18. The play
centers around the happiness St.
Francis of Assissi brings to Guido,
a poet who has failed in poetic at-
tempts because of the illness of his
wife. Martha Ward was Guido, his
wife was Martha McRae, Gene
Savely was Pia, and) Patricia Smith
was St. Francis.
Excited Atmosphere
Pervades Entire Campus
With Annual Opening
Jean Letson and Mary Diamond,
leader and assistant of the Golds;
Emily Pratt and Ann Canon,
leader and assistant of the Purples,
were chosen to head the College
Night performances, February 23-
24.
The leaders and assistants chose
sides from the members of the stu-
dent body Friday, and already the
campus is seething with excitement.
The College Night performances
is the greatest all-student traditioA
and highlight of the year on the
campus. It is the culmination of
four weeks’ creative activity by the
two sides, Purples and Golds. Each
side writes, composes, directs, and
stages stunts, impersonations, slow
songs, pep songs, and special music.
College Night is under the gen-
eral supervision of the executive
board and the entire student gov-
ernment association. The board
makes and executes the general
rules concerning the programs.
Judges selected by a faculty com-
mittee will rate the performances
and announce the winning side at
the last performance. The programs
will be judged according to origin-
ality, literary quality, actual pre-
sentation, and cost of either side.
College Night is widely known
and has been compl imented
throughout the state and the south.
It is accompanied by an atmos-
phere of rivalry, secrecy, and good
sportsmanship.
Howard Masquers
Featured In Palmer
Modern Tea Room
Gives Gala Opening
That the old order changeth is
nowhere more evident nor more
welcome than in the modern tea
room in the new Reynolds. This
new order which might appropriate-
ly be called the knights of the
square table, was ushered in by a
great joust on the night of Mon-
day, January 20.
Great honor is due and should be
bestowed upon the people who
made this occasion a success. The
cabinet of the Y. W. C. A. as serv-
ing maids, cleaners-up, and general
flunkeys were in great demand.
The tea room hostesses, namely,
Jerrene Lucas, Naomi Favor, Mar-
garet Reddoch, and Vera Parkman,
were charming in their gay skirts
and sweaters. The students, free
from exam worries; the new red
and blue metal and chrome furni-
ture, and the charming violin mu-
sic played by Margaret Bickler
and Rosemary O’Rourke, accom-
panied by Rose Adair Brown, all
mixed with the spirit of the occa-
sion to make a delightful affair of
the opening of the new tea room.
The Howard Masquers, Howard
college, will present “The Shoe-
maker’s Holiday” t>y Thomas Dek-
ker, in Palmer hall, February 7,
at 8:15.
The play will be directed by
Frederic Meyer, assistant director
of the dramatics department. Miss
Antoinette Sparks is director of
the department. The cast of char-
acters includes Lydia Haisten, Eve-
lyn Murphee, Doris Walls, Gussie
Burton, Sarah Jordan, Herman EL
Smith, “Kenny” Baker, Rodwell
Calhoun, Jerry Walker, D. c.
Stringfellow, Bill Gwin, L. A. Rat-
ley, Mary Louise Shirley, Stewart
Bell.
Robert Armstrong, Jr., Marion
Headley, Guy Aired, Marjorie Hol-
comb, Saranel Burford, Rollin Lin-
coln, Mildred Vann, Anne Clare
Cooper, Dolphus Price, Frances
Galbreth, Charline Harrison, Fran-
ces Goodrich, Joyce Janelle Hostet-
ter, Jack Olliphant, Rosalind Car-
ter, Norma Jean Sanders, Jappie
Bryant.
University of N. C.
Asks Alabama College
To Give Play at Fete
Alabama College has been in-
vited to produce a play at the
North Carolina festival, April 4-6.
The festival is an annual event, and
this year will celebrate the twenty-
first anniversary of Dr. Frederic H.
Koch and his work with native
Southern drama at the University
of North Carolina.
Dr. W. H. Trumbauer has an-
nounced that it is probable that
Alabama College will present the
play “Dark Holiday” by Jack Bore-
field of Birmingham. Alabama Col-
lege was one of nine schools to be
honored by receiving an invitation.
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JANUARY 29, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama Colleg<
Editorials
February!—College Night!
For the nationally patriotic citizen, February
marks the birthdate of the Father of His Country,
George Washington; for the sentimentalist it means
Valentine, “Will You Be Mine?”; but for the stu-
dent, faculty, or alumnae of Alabama College it
means College Night, the greatest all-student tradi-
tion of the year.
There’s much to be said and wished for the spirit
of College Night: Wholehearted rivaly and competi-
tion, unbroken secrecy, and most of all, good sports-
manship. It’s the time to forget petty likes, dislikes,
and jealousies; to lay aside partiality and to work
tirelessly for one of two common causes, PURPLES
or GOLDS.
You are a vital factor in College Night. Whether
you write, sing, do backstage work, direct, or simply
g;ive your moral and physical support, your presence
is a stimulant to your leader and to your side.
And your sportsmanship, your actions, and your
general attitude will determine the true color of
your side. Start now, give everything you have, and
let’s make this the biggest and best yet.
•Why Live?
The question came to me when I began reading
the book LIFE: A PSYCHOLOGICAL SURVEY,
what’s the use of it all? After reading the book I
ib'elieve that I have found the answer.
Jn order to live one must attain some little de-
gree of success; one must know a little something
about the community in which he lives and the
people who live about him; he must have a time
for recreation, a time for work, and a time ip which
to think. In having these times, he must know how
to use them to the best advantage. It is good for
him to keep in mind the wonders of his age and he
should be able to appreciate this twentieth century
in which he has a minute place to fill. If he does
not do all this and more, he merely exists; he does
not live.
It is said that when one is on the top of a tall
■building he has a feeling of superiority, a feeling
of largeness that he does not have when he is on
the same level with his fellow man in the street.
It is like being on ^he top of ^ tall building when
one suddenly discovers that life, in spite of its
awesomeness, mysteriousness, and that feeling of
smallness that it gives you when you think of these
aspects, that life is worth living because of what you
as an individual are able to put into this world of
ours. No matter how small a part you may play, it’s
a part and it’s not how great a success you achieve
in the eyes of the world, but the success you achieve
in your own eyes. Though we think of ourselves as
useless and unnecessary, don’t forget that there are
people who depend upon you, people who love and
respect you, yes, and people who hate you; there
are little ones who look up to you and imitate you.
Don’t forget, that in order to feel that you have
a place in life, that you have attained in small meas-
ure success, you cannot sit idle and let life come to
you. You must get up, meet life half way, under-
stand as much as you can, and that you don’t un-
derstand, do not act as authority, keep still until
you have learned.
All this may seem a little high sounding and a
little ideal, but after all life is something that ev-
eryone does not enjoy—you have to learn how. It’s
time someone did a little towards helping people to
learn how to live.
* * * *
Editor’s Note: “Why Live?” was a question raised
and answered by Eva Green in a recent psychology
(course. I think it is particularly significant for col-
lege students, especially seniors, who are about to
take their places' in life—on their own.
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Gossip
By 3 Snoops
Hiya, chillun, this is ye old cam-
pus snoop on his same leg—pardon
me, I mean legs. Gals, ain’t that
snow grand! But I think one mem-
ber of our faculty was a wee bit
worried about it all. He had a
sledful of girls on the back of his
car when somepin’ went wrong. At
any rate, the girls landed in a heap
on the snow and Mr. Henning mop-
ped his brow for he didn’t want to
have three hospital bills on his
hands at once. But fun was had by
all, even to the sore limbs as some
of us know, due to the snow bat-
tles, sled rides, and falls. This is one
time the seniors climbed down off
their dignity (?) (did I hear some-
one boo?) and really enjoyed ole
college life again.
There are a few others that have
special interest from our campus
life You are all familiar with our
literary book of genius, the TOWER.
It seems as if a conservation about
this was overheard by a member
of its staff between Dr. McGhee
and Dr. Mac. Thanks for taking
up for us, Doc McCloskey. We trust
your judgment, even though your
daughter (who probably knows you
better than us) doesn’t.
While we’re speaking of fac-
ulty members, we want to call at-
tention to a few others. We want
to ask Mr. Warfield why he likes
“Night and Day” so—could it be
the same reason (different source)
that a certain senior likes it so?
He has also started playing flute
in the orchestra. His flute, he
Change and Exchange
ROMANCE
I have drawn the curtains close
And from my easy chair
I stretch my hand towards you
Just to feel that you are there.
I vow, as I view you sleeping
Life’s comforts shall be your lot,
For I love you dearly, Flossie
You’re the best hound dog I’ve got.
—Rammar Jammar
* * W *
Frosh: “Say, what do you repair these shoe
with?”
Cobbler: “Hide.”
Frosh: “Hide, why should I hide?”
Cobbler: “Hide, hide! The cow’s outside.”
Frosh: “Let her come in. I’m not afraid.
—'Rammar Jammar
* * * *
Joe (to doorman); “Call me a taxi.”
Doorman: “O.K., you’re a taxi.”
HE
claims, is 500 years old. Say, Mr.
Warfield, Pan played reeds for his
true love, we suggest you go a little
careful on the heirloom. Or is that
just another false rumor that the
music majors started?
Oh yes, Colonel (Mr. Southard,
to us) we would print something
about you in our column, but you
said that you wouldn’t give the
ALABAMIAN any more news if we
did. Well, we’re not printing this
The blank space is where we re-
moved you from our column.
This other is about Miss Ribble.
We just want to know if she’s get-
ting along O.K in her new office in
Reynolds. Or is she the one that
can’t work by herself?
Since our illustrious seniors are
prospective faculty members, we’ll
include them in this section. The
seniors want to insert the following
notice in the ALABAMIAN. It fits
better in’ this column than any
other—so here tis:
Just one more small item about
the snow: We could’nt help but no-
tice how extremely cute (and un-
commonly uncute) some of ye ole
females looked in jodphurs. The
blue-slacked figure of little Jean
Bagley in Comer hall takes our
vote for really being the “cutest”
one. Some people can just naturally
do it though — we suggest a few
others take lessons in learning
how—not to wear jodphurs and
boots.
The following is printed with our
best compliments (if we have any
best) to the freshman and sopho-
more classes. Girls, please don’t feel
as though you’d been neglected.
You haven’t. It just happens that
you have to let your dirty deeds
be known. The upperclassmen have
a few years more practice at being
catty and getting in a position to
be gossiped about — but never mind
that—we’ve made arrangements to
see that you fresh and sophs get
in the column too. At any rate,
what have you girls in Main got
that the Highway department has-
n’t got? Although the roads are
closed, Main dating parlors look as
if the marines had landed. Or
was it Auburn?
Oh yes, we have part of the
Highway Patrol on our social list.
Even on the days when the roads
are most impassable, “Sleepy”
Powell comes down to see Evelyn
Rodgers. By the way, Evelyn, just
what kind of an inspection of the
roads was it when “Sleepy” got sus-
picious one Saturday night and
came down to “check up” to see if
you had a date! Tsk, tsk, we’ll have
to speak to the State department
about this.
There are quite a few of our
charming freshmen who have love
on the run. (Probably most of the
guys are running away!). But why
did Babs Ames, when she went to
Atlanta to see “Gone With the
Wind,” call the K. A. house three
or four times — whatsa matter,
(Continued on page 3)
energy, George?”
George: “Yes, sir, telling a hair raising story t(
a bald-headed man.” —Rammar Jammar
* * * *
“Did you get drunk while you were in France?”
“Drunk! Why, I was so drunk they called ms
Plaster of Paris.” —Rammar Jammar
* * * *
A patient in our insane asylum was trying to con
vince the attendant that he was Napoleon.
“But who told you that you were Napoleon?
quired the attendant.
“God did,” replied the inmate.
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For her death had no terrors
Born a good girl, died a good girl
No runs, no hits, no errors. —Old Lint
* * * *
A tide within me
Surges higher
And I pause
On the edge of eternity—
Holding my breath.
Everything seems stilled,
Suspended in a breathless void.
My whole being cries for release.
The spell breaks-
And I sneeze.
* <= * *
Last night I held a little hand,
So dainty and so neat,
, I thought my heart would surely burst
So wildly did it beat.
No other hand e’er held so tight
Could greater pleasure bring,
Than the one I held last night—
It was four aces and a king. —Painter
* * * *
There are three classes of women—the intellectual
the beautiful, and the majority. —Tum-Out
* * * *
Curious Old Lady: “Why, you’ve lost your leg
haven’t you?”
Cripple: “Well, damned if I haven’t.”
—Exchange
* * * *
“Here’s where I cut a good figure,” said the cob
lege girl as she sat on a broken bottle.
—The Chaser
1st Bathing Beaut: “What do you do when tbj
life guard gives you the glad eye?”
2nd Same: “An eye for an eye is my motto!” ’
—Yellow Jacket
* * * *
Here lies the body of Susan Jones
Resting beneath these polished stones.
The name was Brown instead of Jones,
But Brown won’t rhyme with polished stones,
And she won’t know if it’s Brown or Jones.”
* * * *
Mother: “Mary, where have you been until 3 a.m.?'
Mary: “Walking, Mother.”
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Letter to the Editor
Editor, ALABAMIAN
It is customary for students to sometimes
pay tribute to teachers. Unfortunately, it is too
seldom that teachers pay tribute to worthy stu-
dents.
I wish to publicly recognize the spirit with
which Mary Helen Moore, who came only to ob-
serve, stepped into a tight place without advance
notice, and led the singing at the community
meeting in the high school last Saturday night.
It is women like her who build culture—and I
still think she’s a redhead.
Yours,
GORDON M. McOLOSKEtf’
1
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JANUARY 29, 1940
Page 3
Alumnotes
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By Frances Ribble
Alumnae Secretary
A minature College Night will be
re9ented by the members of the
tfrninsham Alumnae chapter at
,eir College Night supper, Friday,
Lbruary 9, at the Molton hotel,
me purpose of this supper is to
^courage the alumnae in Birming-
am to attend Homecoming at
£ge Might.
Billie Hill, ’36, who was a Col-
»ge Night assistant leader in 1936,
be leader for the Purple side
nd Ami Copeland Ellington, ’33,
(ssistant leader in 1932 and 1933,
[ill be leader of the Golds. Carmen
Rurns, ’30, will give the toast; Bess
Rogers, ’29, will be the musician,
Ad Eleanor Watson, ’37, assistant
eader in 1935, will lead the songs.
The program will consist of a
tunt to be given by each side, a
ste|oast, and the singing of several
i0ngs. A number of representatives
;rom the college expect to attend
;jie performance.
' Officers of the Birmingham chap-
9,, ter are: Clyde Merrill Maguire, ’29,
President; Marguerite Scroggin
tiolvig, ’26, vice-president; Sarah
ar jcyser Miree, ’37, secretary; Mrs.
James J. Odom, treasurer.
•onf * * *
Marjorie Plank, ex-’34, has paint-
injecl a series of murals for the walls
of the branch library in Alabama
city,
k..
Mary Nall Kendrick, ’36, has re-
cently moved to Montgomery where
she has taken the position as case
consultant for the State Depart
ment of Public Welfare. She has
an apartment with Louise Pittman,
’35, visitor with the Foster Home
Division of the State Department of
Public Welfare, and Eleanor Allen,
’35, who is teaching in Montgom
ery. Eleanor was on the campus
recently visiting her sister, Miss
Elizabeth Allen, a member of the
faculty.
Lena Baldwin, ’37, and Nell Mc-
Kemie, ’39, were visitors on the
campus last week. They had a va-
cation when their schools were
closed on account of the snow.
* * *
Nathalie Molton Gibbons, ’30,
Callie Poole Quinn, ’18, Clyde Mer-
rill Maguire, ’29, and Eleanor Lewis,
’36, were present at the “Open
House” of Reynolds and Comer
halls.
On a Christmas card which she
sent to Mrs. McCoy, Sara Shore,
(Continued on page 4)
The Alaow^iu, vuucge uiee ciuo uist i n g u i s h e d itself in Columbia’s nation-wide hook up-of “Sym-
phony of the South” in Birmingham, Saturday, January 20. Other glee clubs singing on the air at that
time were those of Auburn, University, and Tuskegee. The Alabama College Glee club under the direc-
tion of Mr. Harrison LeBaron is now touring Florida and adjoining states.
Dr. Keelyn Puzzled jjane Withers And Joe Brown, Jr.
By Rare Epidemic
But Patients Survive
Call. .
. Call
nt
Galoshes
Spring Jackets
and Skirts
Hoffman’
“Call. . . . Surgery. . .
Surgery. . . . Dr. Keelyn
Surgery.”
Dr. Amanda Kellyn’s practice is
on the up and up I made a hurried
visit the other day between two of
her calls and she told me about
the epidemic. . . . thirteen cases in
her private sanitarium. . . all from
the same family. She seemed puzzl-
ed about the diagnosis. ... so I
went back this morning to see if
she had discovered an unheard-of
disease that might make headlines.
When I called, Dr. Keelyn was in
consultation with Dr. Sharp and
Dr. Black. Carolina’s (stagmoman-
tis) symptoms were unusual and
upsetting. She was very aggressive,
cannibalistic almost, and had a ro-
bust appetite. I only heard the last
of the consultation, about the diet
.... fresh liver fed from the end
of a toothpick.
Dr. Keelyn took me on a tour
to get a glimpse of the other pa-
tients to see what I could make of
it. I have a fairly good medical
knowledge through my association
with Dr. Keelyn, and I at once ob-
served traces of parasitism on the
bodies of Cecropia and Polyphemus
... as far as I was able to find
out, Cynthia, Luna, and Promethea
were convalescing rapidly.
Dr. Keelyn predicts that all her
patients will be ready to be dis-
missed from observation in two or
three weeks. At least, that is the
time required for the cocoons to
hatch into butterflies, according to
the directions which came with
them to the biology department.
Right now they’re in a wire cage
each with a separate “ward.” In a
few weeks, 302 Ramsay will be
changed from mid-winter with
snow and ice. ... to /springtime. . .
spring flowers. . . butterflies flit-
ting. . . .
HIGH SCHOOL — Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Jane Withers with Joe Brown, Jr.,
returns to the Strand this week in
HIGH SCHOOL, a comedy of
youth.
Jane Withers is another child
star whose parts are steadily grow-
ing with her. We will recall Deanna
Durbin as a little girl when she
came to the screen a few years ago,
and now she has blossomed into a
charming, poised young lady. We
can) look forward to such a growth
in Jane Withers, physically and
mentally, if we may judge from
her past advancement or from the
pathway that1 other youthful stars
have/ set for her to follow.
Jane Withers gives a poignant
beauty to this simple story that
will bring back our own dizzy,
daffy high school days. Laugh and
cry, relive your former trials with
Jane Withers and her brand new
screen sweetheart, Joe Brown, Jr.
* * *
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS — Thurs-
day and Friday.
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS is a full
length cartoon motion picture in
technicolor described as a “romance
of love—laughter and high adven-
ture.”
This movie is taken from Jona-
than Swift’s book of the same
name that has thrilled grown-ups
and children alike for over a hund-
red years. Jonathan Swift left a
great heritage to the world when
he gave us the Lilliputians and es-
College Radio Use
Is Complimented
This college was chosen as an
example to be used in “The De-
velopment of Radio Education Poli-
cies in American Public School
Systems” by Dr. Carroll Atkinson,
publisher and prominent New Jer-
sey educator. Dr. Atkinson used
Alabama College to show how radio
has grown in ten years from a
minor position to become one of
the most important media used by
colleges to reach the state at large.
The narrative tells how we use
the radio, discusses the Alabama
College School of the Air, which
broadcasts lessons in art and music
directly to classrooms in schools
all over Alabama. He concludes by
mentioning the sound-proof broad-
casting studios, equipped with the
latest technical equipment, located
in Comer hall, the new classroom
building. “These facilities,” says Dr,
Atkinson, “places Alabama’s State
College for Women on a par with
the most advanced institutions of
America in the field of radio edu-
cation.”
Cuts made for all printing purposes,
in an up-to-date plant by^
expert workmen. ^
tablished a stereotype of dwarfed
races that still lives with us today.
Gulliver and his companion play-
ers will provide ample opportuni-
ty for adventurous excitement and
side-splitting laughs.
GERONIMO—Saturday.
Contrary to custom, a first rate
picture is scheduled for Saturday.
GERONIMO, story of the famous
Indian chief of that name, stars
Preston Foster and Ellen Drew,
with Frank Morgan, Andy Devine,
and Chief Thunder Cloud.
Geronimo was an Apache killer
who caused the federal govern-
ment all sorts of trouble in the
1880’s. Battles are well pictured.
This movie will be a treat on Sat-
urday to add to your week-end.
Coming Soon
“Destry Rides Again,” “Balalaika,”
“Beau Geste,” and “Disputed Pas-
sage.”
Gossip
(Continued from page 2)
Babs, wouldn’t Central let you
speak to him?
And why does Katherine Siler
think every boy she dates is in
love with her? She just got back
from Birmingham and is now on
her way to Auburn mid-terms.
Margaret Price and Frances Mims
are also supposed to go—and may-
be Charles will make it O.K., Jean,
and you’ll make the mid-term yet
—woe is the rest of us! What have
these gals got that the rest of us
haven’t? (Ans., a man, you moron.)
Carolyn Breaux is just a two-
timing gal. She did love one set of
boys, but somepin’ happened and
she came back after the holidays
with a new, set. Maybe it’s because
she likes radios better than jewelry.
Better luck next time, Carolyn,
Philcos are nicer, though.
Boy, oh boy, this is the best yet!
The old saying goes that “faint
heart ne’er won fair lady.” Well,
evidently some girls in Main have
switched this and it now reads
more like a Confusius maxim:
Confucius say: No dowery—no man
marry you. And from the latest re-
ports, Becky says now that it is a
hopeless chest, so they’ve decided
to sell their handiwork. Too bad,
girls, couldn’t hitch a man even
with a prospective doWry for him!
Better luck next time.
With Dorothy Parker’s words
from one of her famous poems, let
me close: ’’For the things I am
wise to know, idleness, sorrow, a
friend, and a foe.” I haven’t much
time for idleness and sorrows al-
ways reminded me of one of my
maiden aunts who didn’t like me—
by reprinting some of the things
in this column I’ve lost my friends,
but by gosh, I’ve got enough foes
from it to make up for the rest.
Anyway, I’m not griping.
’Nite, chillun, until next time.
Keep your feet clean and ears open
till you hear from me again.
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"Our Town”
(Continued from page 1)
Donahoo. Sam Craig will be played
by Gladys Fuller.
Those playing in the mob scenes
will be Melba Ruth Jones, Anna
Ruth Beasley, Martha Ward, Robbie
Lee Linch, Gwendolyn Williams,
Emogene Dawkins, Fran - Claire
Timmerman, Flora Jane Abney,
Mary Kelly Porter, Dorothy Wat-
son, Rosa Tusa, Anita Motes, and
Peggy Kirk.
Naomi Favor as production man
will head the staff of the drama.
Chairmen are Martha Thompson,
stage; Bobby Brabston, lighting;
Hazel Morrow, sound effects; Mary
Sitz, tickets; Bettie Archibald, ad-
vertising; Amanda Keelyn, pic-
tures; Ellen Preuit, make-up; Lou-
ise Grause, costumes; Geraldine
Hollis, properties; Mary Jo Raney,
house; Mary Scott Howell, mob
scenes; Margaret Reed and Carolyn
Day, music; and Mary Grace Orr,
bookholder.
Congratulations, Jean and Pratt,
and you, too, Canon and Mary. May
the best man win!
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News In Brief
Physical Education Meeting
A group of key people in school
health, physical education and rec-
reation and the steering committee
of the state-wide curriculum re-
vision program met here, Friday,
January 26, for the purpose of
discussing ways and means of fur-
thering this phase of education.
This is the second of such meet-
ings, the last being held at the
University of Alabama recently.
* * •
Dr. Farmer Addresses Conference
Dr. Hallie Farmer, professor of
history, is making addresses at a
number of places throughout Ala-
bama, Georgia, and Mississippi.
Her tour as scheduled includes an
address to Woman’s club, Mont-
gomery, January 26; Conference
on Fact-Finding, Auburn, January
27 and 28; Conference for Y. W.
C. A. Advisers, Emory University,
Atlanta, February 2-6; State Y. M.
and Y. W. C. A. conference, Uni-
versity of Alabama, Tuscaloosa,
February 10; Mississippi State Y. M.
and Y. W. C. A. conference, Jack-
son Mississippi, March 9 and 10;
A. A. U. W. conference, Montgom-
ery, February 21; State P. T. A.
conference, Huntsville, April 5.
• * •
Dr. Ackerley to Speak
Dr. Lois Ackerley will speak at
the annual joint meeting of the
Home Economists and Southern
Agriculturists in Birmingham, Feb-
ruary 9. Her topic will be “Con-
servation of Food in the Home.”
The meeting will be in session
February 7-9.
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SPORTS .
By Sara Harris, Sports Editor
From the clinging vine to the
basketball star, from the freshman
to the faculty, all creaked bones
long still, strained muscles little
used, as they poined in a game of
playing with Mother Nature’s up-
turned agron of goose feathers.
SO the Purples and Golds are at
it again! Remember the basketball
game last year (between the deep
purples and the winning goals?
Well, prepare yourself for another
oije—basketball began Thursday,
January 25, and you can know that
everyone will flex their biceps and
stretch their hamstrings for goals!
“Strange things have happened,”
but the six inches of snow w,e had
is enough on the odd side for us—
and it may not be true what they
say about Dixie. But we can thumb
our noses politely at the monopoly
the North had on winter sports.
Students Model
Fashion Creation
Alumnotes
(Continued from page 3)
exchange student here last year,
gave her address as Mariaus Acosta
132, Avellanedo, Buenos Aires, Ar-
gentina.
m * •
Several births have been reported
to the alumnae office lately: To
Cherokee Shirley Parker, ’34, a
daughter, Cherry Anne, bom De-
cember 28; to Mildred Dickinson
Granade, ’33, a daughter, Julia
Alice, born September 14; to Mar-
garet Poindexter Williams ,’33, a
daughter born in November; to Lu-
cille Rogers Jones, ’33, a son, born
in October; to Mary Jane Stall-
worth Richards, ’33, a son, Mark
Stanley, born September 23; and to
Genevieve Stallworth Henley, ’36, a
daughter, born in October.
Clara Ware, ’39, was married to
Franklin Pierce Mullendore of
Roanoke and Huntsville on January
13.
The white season starts in Mon-
tevallo with College Night, and the
Little Shop of Personal Service
has gone white with all the ele-
ments of a white wardrobe avail-
able.
Skirts are popular for school
girls. There are swings and gored
styles in washable sharkskin and
other rayon fabrics, and a few in
flannel. The blouses are fashioned
along tailored lines, easily washed
and ironed. One beguiling number
is very simple and plain with a
bit to be buttoned on for special
occasions.
The sweaters are fancy weave
woolens and wool and cotton mix-
tures. Most of them will be slip-
overs.
White dresses m semi-tailored
styles are of rayon sharkskin and a
few crepes. These dresses are wash-
able, with not too much fuss to
iron easily.
To make a complete College
N<ght costume you will need pur-
ple or gold ribbon to liven your
white ensemble. This can be ob-
tained by th>_ vard or in already
tied bows to adorn a loyal shoulder.
All these ingredients for your
College Night clothes are now on
display or will arrive within
next few days. College Night n
be featured in the ■ Little She
windows and display cases for
next few weeks.
And don’t overlook the gold a
purple horses in the Little Sho
own race. It is whispered that ftfl
Reasoner is contemplating preset
ing these grave little racers to
lucky leaders in recognition of th
work.
National Collegiate Players w
entertained at the home of
W. H. Trumbauer last night,
program was a discussion and
action to the ideas gleaned by
Trumbauer from the Natio
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MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, FEBRUARY 12, 1940
NUMBER 11
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—^Tuesday. February 6, at 7:30 o’clock
'when both teams of Wheaton col-
lege, Wheaton, Illinois, opposed
both the college teams. in Comer
]ecture hall. This year’s Pi Kappa
Delta question is “Resolved:. That
the United States should follow a
policy of strict economic and mili-
ary isolation towards nations en-
•aged in political or civil armed
Conflict.”
The trend of both debates was
that above all the United States
should be kept out of war. As John
Eichorn of Wheaton put it, “It’s
a question of keeping our boys out
of war—it’s a question of giving
old man Mars the cold shoulder.
Most of the debate was on the
question of whether the United
States might be more prosperous
under a policy of isolation or un-
der a policy of wartime business
expansion.
The Wheaton negative team
was Don Holfe and Abe Van Der-
Puy. John Eichorn and Lyle York
upheld the affirmative side. Our
\T teams were: Affirmative, Sara
£ Rumbley and Yenna York; and
negative, Sara Peck Weaver and
Shirley York.
Mr. J. H. Henning, director of
the debate squad, is planning trips
and other debates for the debaters.
These plans will soon be announced.
Alpha Lambda Delta
Asks New Members
Eleven students have been invited
to join Alpha Lambda Delta, hon-
orary freshman society, as a re-
sult of their high scholastic stand-
ing.
Pledge service for the initiates
will be held Monday, February 12,
in Palmer hall, followed by the in-
itiation ceremony, Tuesday, Febru-
ary 20.
The selection of eleven new mem-
bers is becoming a tradition. There
were eleven charter members at the
society’s founding here two years
ago and eleven students were re-
ceived last year.
Dr. Joyce Kellogg, instructor in
English, will become a member of
the society this year.
There are three chapters of Al-
pha Lambda Delta in Alabama.
This freshman fraternity receives
the same rating as that given Phi
Seta Kappa, honorary fraternity
for upperclassmen.
Calendar
Thursday, February 15*—Pol-
di Mildner, 8:15, Palmer hall.
Saturday, February 17—Pur-
ple-Gold Tea Dance, 4:00-6:00
Field House.
Thursday, February 22t—Dress
Rehearsal, College Night, Palm-
er hall.
Friday, February 23 — First
College Night performance,
Palmer hall, 8:15.
Saturday, February 24—Final
College Night performance,
Palmer hall, 8:15.
Love Is Only Part
Of Valentine Day
By Imogene Harris
What do you really know about
St. Valentine’s Day? Of course, you
know that when you were in gram-
mar school the fourteenth of Feb-
ruary was the day when the little
boy across the aisle brought you a
big red heart, and now that you’ve
grown up, you know that it’s really
a wonderful time for parties. Per-
haps, too, you have a vague idea
that it all started with a good old
saint who gave the day his name.
But if that’s ALL you know about
St. Valentine’s Day, then you’re in
for a few surprises.
In the first place, there was not
one saint, but two. One was a priest
at Rome; the other was a bishop in
Umbria. Oddly enough, both died on
the same day—the fourteenth of
February—which came to be called
by their name. The second sur-
prising thing about the day’s origin
is that it was not originally a day
of love as we celebrate it, but
rather a day for the remembrance
of hate. The good saint of Rome
joined with Saint Marius in aiding
the Christians, and for this act he
was beaten to death on the four-
teenth of February, 270 A.D. A
group of his friends vowed eternal
hate for the prefect who sentenced
him and agreed to meet every year
on the date of his death in a re-
newal of their hate. Just how our
present celebration evolved from
that we do not know.
Another thing that you probably
haven’t thought of is that the per-
son who fails to sign his name to
his valentine isn’t being original
at all. When the custom of sending
valentines first began in England
they were all sent anonymously.
And the sighing swain couldn’t run
down to the ten-cent store and buy
half a dozen for as many sweet-
hearts. He had to make his own
valentine and write his own verse.
Perhaps that is why the young
people drew lots on Valentine’s Day
for one sweetheart each. In that
way they avoided having to give
valentines and presents to more
than one person.
Theatre Productions Require More Work
Than Is Often Indicated To Audience
Saying “without the technical
crew we could have no play,” Miss
®hen-Haven Gould, director of the
Alabama Players, brought to our
attention very emphatically the
Importance of the stage crew, those
aves who catch it behind the
®nes. “If we did not receive loy-
, y, support, and cooperation from
stage workers, the actors’ ef-
rts would be wasted,” Miss Gould
c°htinued.
An example of the support that
6 stage crew can give is the fine
sta°^erati°n exercised by the back-
-j,,ge workers on “Our Town,”
r ornt°n Wilder’s drama produced
p ®nt]y by the Alabama Players.
skiiu-UCtion manager, Naomi Favor,
Ca ully directed the crew and
ahc!?ed them through over a week’s
nce of Miss Gould, the direc-
tor, in good fashion.
Some of the other helpers were:
Marjorie Brabston, lighting direc-
tor; Martha Thompson, stage man-
ager; Hazel Morrow, sound mana-
ger; Mary Grace Orr, bookholder;
Bettie Archibald, advertising mana-
ger; Mary Sitz, ticket manager;
Ellen Preuit, make-up manager;
Louise Gause, costume manager;
Geraldine Hollis, property mana-
ger; Margaret Reed and Carolyn
Day, music chairmen; Mary Jo
Raney, house manager; Amanda
Keelyn, pictures; and Mary Scott
Howell, townspeople chairman.
Assistants who have not been
credited for their work beforehand
are: Katherine Turnipseed, Louise
Caraway, Marjorie McKinnell, Fay
Booker, Frances Scarbrough, Caro-
lyn Vance, Emmie Lou Centerfit,
Eva Melick, and Frances Mims.
Poldi Mildner, internationally known Viennese pianist, will give
a concert in Palmer hall, Thursday evening, February 15, at 8:15
o’clock.
Honor Roll For the First Semester
Lists Nearly Two Hundred Students
According to Miss Virginia Hend-
rick, assistant registrar, the follow-
ing Alabama College students made
averages in their courses which
have placed them on the college
honor roll for the first semester.
At Montevallo it is considered a
signal honor to be on this short
honor list of those whose grades
have put them at the top of a stu-
dent body numbering nearly a
thousand.
First Honor Roll
Sara Barclift, Birmingham; Vir-
ginia Boutwell, Mobile; Annie Lou-
ise Butler, New Hope; Johnnie
Carlisle, Wedowee; Mary Curtis,
Atmore; Edith Dees, Mobile; Mar-
tha Elizabeth Eidson, Fort Deposit;
Jeanne Espy, Gadsden; Cora Imo-
gene Harris, Ashland; Virginia
Harrison, Montevallo; Imo Leone
Heacock, Uniontown; Martha Para-
lee Henson, Jemison; Marion
Hughes, Gadsden; Melba Ruth
Jones, Cullman; Peggy Kirk, Mo-
bile; Helen Young Lewis, Sweet-
water; Martha Louise McRae, Flor-
ala; EVelyne Mayhall, Elkmont.
Ellen Virginia Moncrief, Pratt-
ville; Birdie Margaret Moorer,
Georgiana; Edna Earl Mullins, Car-
rollton; Annie Jean O’Daniel, Bir-
New Students Enter
For Spring Term
Twenty-eight new students have
entered school this semester. They
are: Betty Barlow, Gadsden; Sarah
Auxford Bookout,' Birmingham;
Lougene Cargile, Fayette; Nelledene
W. Gilliland, Gadsden; Martha
Goddard, Gadsden; Rene Lowe
Graham, Hazel Green.
Sarah Marie Hargrave, Fairfield;
Phyllis Korth, Birmingham; Mabel
Hayes Langford, Greenville; Eva
Laine McCain, Ashland; Catherine
McPoland, Jasper; Mary Frances
Maddox, Birmingham; Myrtle Eliz-
abeth Ming, Inverness; Martha
Mitchell, Talladega Springs; Har-
riette Moon,. Birmingham; Emma
Jean Neal, McCullough; Clara Nis-
wander, Randolph; Lucille Rencher,
Mobile; Lillian Russell, Gaylesville;
Mrs. Mark Sims, Montevallo; Hilda
Mae Smith, Clanton; Kathleen
Elizabeth Vaughan, Ensley; Vir-
ginia Vaughn, Birmingham; Zoe
Ward, Birmingham; Mrs. Vera
Woolridge, Calera; Nan Coley Mur-
phy, Alexander City; and Christine
Ernest, Cordova.
mingham; Mary Grace Orr, Cull-
man; Frances Page, Opp; Amand
Palmer, Eutaw; Elouise Peck,
Homewood; Lila Bella Ponder, Cull-
man; Minnie Priester, Selma; Sara
Reddoch, Luverne; Mary Louise
Rheay, Atlanta; Helen Rockwell,
Sheffield; Erma Louise Salter, Bes-
semer; Dorothy Sandlin, Huntsville;
Kathryn Thomason, Hightower,
Ava Lurline Thompson, Goodwater;
Rebecca Underwood, Birmingham;
Mary Alice Walker, Birmingham;
Madie Belle Ward, Montevallo;
Dorothy Watson, Birmingham; Lu-
cille Weaver, Brewton; Mary Beth
Wilbanks, Eastaboga; Winifred
Wildes, Heflin.
Geraldine Williams, Underwood;
Frances Wilson, Mobile; Eva Love
Wyatt, Decatur; Nell Wyatt, Geor-
giana; Shirley York, Monroeville;
Yenna York, Monroeville.
Second Honor Roll
Grace Abercrombie, Petrey; Flora
Jane Abney, Maplesville; Margaret
Aget, Lamison; Mildred Alford,
Gadsden; Margaret Allen, Bogalu-
sa; Mary Martha Allen, Anniston;
Ruth Gene Allen, Birmingham;
Marigem Anderson, Livingston;
Jeanne Appleton, Mlontevallo; Bet-
tie Archibald, Evergreen; Eleanor
Atchison, Underwood; Elizabeth
Baker, Selma; Helen Hope Balch,
Birmingham; Josephine Baldwin,
Andalusia; Olive Barnes, Monte-
(Continued on page 3)
University Dusts Off
"S. R. O ” Sign When
Mr. Ziolkowski Plays
It was “standing room only” when
Mr. Z. played in Tuscaloosa last
week.
Our own Professor Ziolkowski
(Mr. Z. to you) created quite a
furore when he repeated his Mon-
tevallo concert in Doster hall at
the University in Tuscaloosa. The
concert was delayed seven minutes
when late arrivals were madly
searching for chairs in secluded
corners of the building as all the
chairs in the auditorium had been
filled since about ten minutes be-
fore the concert. All this enthusi-
asm came about through Mr. Ziol-
kowski’s reputation gained through
last year’s concert.
Alfred Vogel, head of the school
of music at the University, remark-
ed to a faculty member here that
Mr. Z.’s audience was the largest
ever to hear a program in Doster
hall* where the concert was given.
Program For
Piano Concert
Is Announced
Ziolkowski Comments on
Program of Girl Pianist
To Appear February 15
“We have asked a young girl to
play here so that she may be an
example, a proof that not only men,
may be virtuosos,” said Mr. Miecis-
law Ziolkowski last Wednesday
night when speaking of Poldi Mild-
ner, who will appear in a piano
concert here next Thursday even-
ing at 8:15 in Palmer auditorium.
Mr. Ziolkowski said of Miss Mild-
ner’s program, “It is a beautiful,
lovely program.”
“Carnaval, Opus 9”' by Schumann
is one of the major selections on
the program. Mr. Ziolkowski clas-
sified this as “a composition very
unique for its descriptive qualities.”
This number describes over twenty
different characters of the cama-
val. Certain of these characters
were applied to some of Schu-
mann’s friends. Among those caric-
atured in this early musical “car-
toon” were Chopin and Paganini.
The composition of the “Carnaval”
is based on four notes which are
shifted with such skill and dex-
terity that no theme appears more
than once. According to the Ger-
man name of the notes used in
this composition, they spelled Asch,
the name of a friend to whom
Schumann dedicated this selec-
tion.
Chopin’s Sonata
“Probably the most beautiful and
mature composition of all Chopin’s
works,” is how Mr. Ziolkowski de-
scribed Chopin’s Sonata in B
minor which Miss Mildner will also
play. This Sonata is one of Chopin’s
two important ones. The other and
better known of the two is the Fu-
neral March Sonata which includes
the well known Funeral March in
its slow movement.
Miss Mildner pays tribute to
Moritz Rosenthal, a great living
composer, when she plays his “Car-
naval de Viennese” taken from Jo-
hann Strauss themes. Moritz Rosen-
thal is the last living Lizst student.
His home was in Vienna and for
many years he was a celebrated
teacher and virtuoso of Europe.
When Hitler and his regime con-
quered Austria, Mr. Rosenthal came
to New York where he makes his
home.
Chopin “Impromptu”
Another number on the program
will be Chopin’s “Impromptu in F
Sharp Major.’’ This composition,
which tells a story, begins with a
lullaby that a mother is singing at
the cradle of her child. The mother
then day-dreams, foreseeing her
son in war, at which time the mu-
sic shifts to a march tempo. Her
dreams change, showing the cur-
rent of her son’s life. Finally the
mother, through with dreaming,
falls asleep over her baby’s cradle.
Other numbers on the program
will be “Andante favorie” by Beet-
hoven and “Valse, A flat Major”
and “Two Etudes” by Chopin.
"Double Doors” Is Play
Produced by Juniors
The-junior class will bring a mys-
tery play to the campus for the
first time in over ten years when
they present, March 29, “Double
Doors,” a three-act drama by Eliz-
abeth McFadden.
Tryouts were held by Miss Mar-
garet Flory, director, last week.
Rehearsals will begin immediately
after College Night week-end.
The class committee helping Miss
Flory select the play included Nell
Wooten, chairman, Irene Swift,
Mary Scott Howell, Jean Farr, and
Anita Motes.
Page 2
FEBRUARY 12, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama Colleg
EDITORIALS
Are We Losing Our Pep?
Two weeks ago we made our first definite move
toward the annual College Night when we began
submitting nominations for leaders and assistants.
When Jean Letson, Mary Diamond, Emily Pratt,
and Ann Canon, leaders and assistants of Golds and
Purples chose sides we showed VERY noticeable
signs of pep and enthusiasm. We worked hard, late
and eariy, and wrote stunts, impersonations, and
songs unequalled in previous years.
We must have “screamed our lungs out” at that
first meeting—our songs are just a “whisper of their
former selves;” our practices, yells and singing all
lack that inner drive which made the beginning such
a huge success.
We must not forget that whether or not College
Night goes over depends on us, and what we put
Into the practices as well as the actual final pro-
duction.
That’s what’s going to make this our biggest and
best College Night!
We Are Proud of Our
Glee Club
“One of the outstanding entertainments to be en-
joyed by an Andalusia audience in many a day was
the college glee club of Alabama College.” The
ANDALUSIA STAR recently carried an edi-
torial, complimenting one of the performances of
the glee club in route from Miami, Florida, on its
latest tour.
The glee club is one of the most active organiza-
tions on the campus. It has received state and
south-wide fame as well as nationwide recognition
as a result of the Alabama Night broadcast and its
extensive tours throughout the South during the
last few years. Last year it performed for the As-
sociation of Commerce in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The article in the ANDALUSIA STAR con-
tinued, “Alabama College has long held an en-
viable place in the forefront of colleges for women.
The quality of work being done there has won rec-
ognition that is nation-wide in its scope. And when
we listened to the music furnished by the young
women who comprise the college glee club, we had
a feeling of gratitude for e^ery member of the col-
lege faculty whose endeavors are bearing fruit in
the development of the hundreds of young women
of this state, each of whom is to go out to assume
a position of leadership in her own community.
“The numbers selected, the quality of the voices,
the refinements that were featured in the numbers
rendered, all combined to convince the hearers of
the high quality of training that formed the back-
ground for the presentation of this program.”
Change and Exchange
DR. EDWIN L.
0T HOBART COLLEGE THE
"CUSPICUP" IS AWARDED TO
THE FRATERNITY HAVING THE
LOWEST SCHOLASTIC RATING
« • • ON THE CAMPUS 1 1 1
EX-PRES. OF SW LOUISIANA INSTITUTE,
FOUNDED THE SOCIETY OF LIVE OAKS,
A GROUP OF 125 HISTORIC TREES/
Each tree has a name and pays
ANNUAL DUES OF 25 ACORNS. PLANTED,
THESE ACORNS PRODUCE THE JUNIOR
LEAGUE, WHICH PROVIDES SAPLINGS
_ TOR STATE HIGHWAYS.
PERFECT
HAND ?
PLAYING BRIDGE IN THE
PURDUE UNION MARY JANE
DIETRICH WAS DEALT A 13 HEART, PER-
FECT HAND. BEFORE SHE HAD A CHANCE
TO BID, HER OPPONENTS HAD BID SEVEN
SPADES. THEY WENT DOWN THREE /
Campus
Gossip
By 3 Snoop*
Tyrants Are Slow Learners
Soviet war planes spent all of Sunday bombing
the ancient Finnish town of Viipuri. When the last
of the destroyers roared away in the night forty
civilians were dead and the cathedral, built in 1600.
lay in ruins. Its stained glass windows and other
art treasures were shattered to bits; its organ, one
of the greatest in Europe, which had fed the souls
of generations of worshippers, was silenced forever.
Homes also were in ashes, and the people mourned.
Otherwise, the raid accomplished nothing. But
twenty miles south, on the Karelian front, where a
Finnish army stood guard, the invader lost ten
tanks and a thousand men in futile efforts to break
through the stout defense. It is easier to slaughter
civilians and blot out irreplaceable beauty than to
conquer, even by overwhelming numbers, the will
of a heroic nation.—Atlanta Journal.
All the excitement about College
Night is about to wear us all down
to mere nubbins. Wasn’t it wonder-
ful about the election! No dirt or
politics, so we hear, and no one was
sure about who was “up” until the
actual night of election. My! But
it was exciting while we were all
sitting and waiting for the discus-
sion. But the mostest fun was the
fact that ye old campus snoop had
a ringside seat when the sides were
posted. Boy, did bedlam break loose
then! I hope the housemothers in
Main have recuperated from their
fright over the deluge of noise that
hit Main and the lobby before the
list got pinned to the board. I
guess everyone was pretty well
pleased over the choosing of sides.
There’s one senior, however, men-
tioning no names, that shed a few
tears over the fact that she wasn’t
what she wanted to be — color I
mean. But we all cry every now
and then.
By the way what is Mrs. Burton
having in Ramsay hall? On passing
through the lobby one night not so
long ago, there was a marked glow
that certainly resembled red com-
ing from the direction of the of-
fice, On investigation, a red bulb
was found screwed in the plug.
Tsk, tsk, is that the answer to the
maiden’s prayer and accounts for
the congested area in Ramsay on
that night?
We would like to ask Nancy Pow-
ers and Sara Reddoch to answer a
few questions now. Why is it that
Nancy haunts the P.O. and special
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REPORTERS i
Evelyn Weldon, Mary Rogers, Carolyn Jenkins, Peggy Kirk, Margaret Ritter, Margaret
Lee, Imogene Harris, Mary Grace Orr, Nancy Powers, Sara Reddoch, Imogene Foshee,
Gwendolyn Tittle, Annie Lee Jones, Frances Padgett, Sammie Dorrough, Mary Sue Ed-
wards, Virginia Martin, Margaret Dean Harris, Virginia Riddle, Fauvette Taylor, Caro-
lyn Breaux, Lilias Heblon, Berneese Dison, Jeanne Espy, Melba Ruth Jones, Dorothy
Sandlin, Frances Norris, Mary Edna Wallace, Frances Owens, Willanise Green,
Annie Ruth Beasley, Mary Carolyn Norris, Mary Beth Wilbanks,
Geraldine Hollis, Sara Burns, Jean Childress, Lucy Pegues.
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lists night and day? She doesn’t
care much if the letter is from U.
of A., Auburn, or Emory. Inciden-
tally, she’s going to Emory,1 this
coming week end on a houseparty.
Whatcha gonna tell the other guys,
Nancy? Speaking of telling, Sara
asked the Ouija board who she was
going to marry, also who she was
going to the freshman dance with.
The only answer she got was “Fat-
ty.” We think it’s John Turner
from U. of A., though. What about
it, Sam? And while we’re on the
dance, we’ve noticed that Jackie
Brewer, who has already put in her
application for her date to the frosh
dance, has had more success getting
friends than ever before. Could it
be that they’re only after the pros-
pective dances, Jackie? I’d be care-
ful if I were you. It doesn’t pay to
trust these gals too far! I know,
believe me I do!
Katherine Odum and Elizabeth
Reynolds seem to have quite a rep-
utation now for being the biggest
flirts in school. Maybe that is what
accounted for your face being as
red as your sweater on the train,
Eliz. We also hear that “Bushie”
Gause has a new radio. It’s like
one of those kind that are like
some men—can’t be handled with-
out kid gloves.
Since oar illustrious seniors are
prospective faculty members, we’l!
include them in this section. The
seniors want to insert the following
notice in the ALABAMIAN. It fits
better in this column than any
other—so here ’tis:
NOTICE: The graduating body
of Alabama College, Montevallo,
Ala., in short, the seniors of ’40,
want it to be clearly understood
by all underclassmen, juniors as
well, that we need no patronizing
from them as far as making A’s
is concerned. After all, from the
reports we had about last year’s
class, it’s not the ones that make
all A’s that get the best jobs. Af-
ter all—we came to college—not en-
tirely for bookish knowledge—but—
to play. Signed: Senior Class of ’40.
And .now, chillun, ye old campus
snoop was passing in front of Main
and was an eye witness to the fol-
lowing little drama (comedy?) pre-
sented now. It was time for the
dates to be leaving and of course
all the young swains were bidding
their lady loves goodnite, in various
and sundry ways. One girl had just
finished “telling” her date good-
nite by implanting a kiss on him,
when another boy, yelling to her,
said, “Come over and kiss me good-
nite, too.” Imagine, if you can, the
surprise and indignation (and
thoughts) of the first young man
when the girl actually went over
and kissed the second boy. On
voicing his disapproval, the first
boy, in a most emphatic way, the
girl coyly said, “Well, I thought it’d
be better if I kissed him in front
of you than to do it behind your
back.” Well, we won’t mention any
names but just this one comment:
It’s a good thing ye old campus
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PERSONALITY PARADE
Intellectual, competent, friendly, pleasant, actre
—that’a our personality hit of this week.
She is a freshman from Gadsden. She has he]
practically every honor that Gadsden high scho
has to offer, and last year she was selected tl
national D. A. R. Citizenship Girl in Washington,
She has been in every play that has been on tl
campus, either on the stage or back-stage. And it
cidentally, she does credit to the acting profession
Now there’s no guess work to this. This descri]
tion couldn’t fit anyone but the president of tt
freshman class.
* * * *
Good citizenship girl for the whole United State
That’s how the president of the freshman clai
rates.
She’s smart too, but not a crank,
She’s always ready for a good prank.
She majors in speech and she’s good, too.
She can act like Granny or little Lou.
She’ll go places, you wait and see.
I wish for once that I were she.
—Margaret Pri<
* * * *
Barber: How do you want your hair cut, litt
boy?
Boy: A round spot on top like Papa.
* * * *
Breaux: In my dream I saw a train loaded wit
chewing gum.
Ames: Oh! A chew-chew train, huh?
* * * *
Mrs. Christenberry: Helen, you got your shoes o
the wrong feet.
Helen, age 5: But Mamma, they’re the only fee
I’ve got .
* * * *
Joshua Brush, a traveling man
Who sailed the briny main,
Was Mr. Brush in England
And Senor Brush in Spain.
The Frenchmen called him Monsieur Brush,
But the Germans were his bane, • •
For they always called him Herr Brush
Which filled his soul with pain.
—Wise Cracks by D.
* * * *
You will reap what you sow,
Life goes that way, you know.
You will rip what you sew,
A Home Ec. Major misery, you know!
—Purciepreei
PSSSSSSST
The moon was yellow,
The lane was bright
As she turned to me
In the autumn night;
And every gesture
And every glance
Gave a hint
That she craved romance;
I stammered and stuttered,
And time went by.
The moon was yellow—
AND SO WAS I!
—The Blue Stockifl!
* * * *
We learn that Duchin’s first girl vocalist wa
Dorothy Lamour. It must have been quite a stel
from a Duchin song stylist to a smoochin’ saron
stylist! — Plainsmfl
* * * *
GOOD NIGHT, PLEASE
“What is the tactful way for a girl’s father t
let her boy friend know that it is high time ®
leave?”
“He may casually pass through the room with
box of breakfast food.” —Wild C8
She: The Lord made us beautiful and dumb.
It: How’s that?
She: Beautiful so the men would love us—
dumb so that we could love them.
DITTY OF THE WEEK
College men are slow,
They always take their ease.
For when they graduate,
They do it by degrees.
—Humor
* * * *
CONFUSION HATH SAID—
Girl with curves has trouble getting square deal
* * * *
PRE-VALENTINE DOPE
Once there lived a very pretty goo. She lived
a very cute hoo with her moo and poo. One d01
her very handsome boo came to take hoo for a ^
in his scrumptious cahoo. He asked her for a
and she said noo. The moral of the story: 54-40 :
foo. Good noo; we are cuckoo, too. (Bootiful, is11
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FEBRUARY 12, 1940
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Southern Art Works on Exhibition in Bloch Hall
“Turkeys in Moonlight” by Lola Mueller (left), and “Sunday House Arrivals” by Adolph P.
Emig (right), as well as other paintings of the Southern States Art League, are on display in
Bloch hall. The public exhibition will last through February 18.
Strand Program For Week Is Varied;
"Swanee River” is Picture for Sunday
WHAT A LIFE—Tuesday and Wed-
nesday.
“What A Life,” with its accent on
youth, will be showing here next
Tuesday and Wednesday. Jackie
Cooper, Betty Field, and John How-
ard take top honors as its principal
actors.
Spontaniety and fun are charac-
teristics of this screen play. The
audience will experience the laughs
and heartaches of youth with the
young people on the screen. This
motion picture is taken from the
play by the same name that had
a long and successful run on Broad-
way.
Don’t miss this picture, in which
you can laugh and cry with these
youngsters who take their lives so
enormously seriously.
* * *
BEAU GESTE—Thursday and Fri-
day.
“Beau Geste,” a man’s story play-
ed by virile men, will be presented
here next Thursday and Friday.
Such screen heroes as Gary Cooper,
Ray Milland, Robert Preston, and
Brian Donlevy will take the leading
roles.
This world-famous story, taken
from a widely-read novel of the
eighteenth century, played on the
stage, was acted several years by
Ronald Colman. It was a thriller in
those days and still has its exciting
characteristics that have pleased
vast numbers for many years.
The wild, the reckless, the exotic,
the foreign, the strange, everything
unusual, enter into this great
dramatic masterpiece. It is unfor-
getable, immortal story that will
stir your adventurous blood, make
you want to do great things.
In spite of its great familiarity,
this screeri play is not trite or old
stuff. The skillful actors and direct-
ing staff have given it an excellence
that keeps it interesting material.
SWANEE RIVER, — Sunday and
Monday.
Stephen Foster, the composer
nearest to the hearts of all Ameri-
cans, will visit Montevallo by proxy
when “Swanee River,” the screen
drama of his life and achievements,
comes here next Sunday and Mon-
day.
Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, and
A1 Jolson take important parts in
this motion picture. They touch-
ingly portray this great American
composer’s life from the time he
reached manhood, through a great
love, to his tragic end. Foster’s life
is adhered to more closely than in
some of the so-called autobiograph-
ical plays.
Foster’s loved and lovely songs
make this a picture to be remem-
bered. Among the songs will be
“The Old Folks at Home,” “Old
Black Joe,” “My Old Kentucky
Home,” “Oh! Susanna!” “De Camp-
town Races,” “Jeanie With the
Light Brown Hair,” “Ring, Ring
de Banjo,” “Beautiful Dreamer,”
and “Soiree Polka.”
The colorful, romantic days of
the Old South will be portrayed,
with ravishing Southern belles
dressed in the romantic styles of the
period, quaint and entertaining
minstrels, and grand river boats'.
And all this is brought to the screen
so stirringly that you cannot fail
to simply fall in love with this
movie.
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Place of Faculty Members
In School Community
Is Defined In Article
At the annual meeting here of
the Association of American Col-
leges, delegates voted in favor of
a special report which said:
“The college or university teach-
er is a citizen, a member of a
learned profession, and an officer
of an educational institution. When
he speaks or writes as a citizen,
he should be free from institution-
al censorship or discipline, but- his
special position in the community
imposes special obligations.
“As a man of learning and an
educational officer, he should re-
member that the public may judge
his profession and his institution
by his utterances. Hence, he should
at all times be accurate, should
exercise appropriate restraint, show
respect for the opinions of others,
and should make every effort to in-
dicate that he is not an institu-
tional spokesman.”
Honor Roll
(Continued from page 1)
vallo; Annie Ruth Beasley, Andalu-
sia; Frances Violet Belcher, Mon-
roeville.
Dorothy Clare Belk, Talladega;
Mary Margaret Belk, Talladega;
Carolyn Berry, Birmingham; Betty
Ann Biggs, Pensacola, Fla.;' Ezelle
Bonner, Cullman; Miriam Brab-
ham, Florala; Carolyn Breaux, Wil-
son Dam; Mabel Lucille Breland,
Birmingham; Opal Brown, Cull-
man; Rose Adair Brown, Mobile;
Sara Eugenia Burns, Lineville; Lou-
ise Caraway, Cordova; Yvette Cau-
sey, Oneonta; Lucy Evelyn Chand-
ler, Birmingham; Helen Christen-
berry, Selma; Sara Christenberry,
Selma; Frances Conley, Enterprise;
Kate Corcoran, Uniontown; Mary
Kathleen Corsbie, Phil Campbell;
Mary Freda Cowan, Tanner; Hazel
Cox, Deatsville; Roxie Mae Craig,
Aldrich; Genevieve Creagh, Selma;
Essie Pinnell Creel, Sylacauga.
Marguerite Denny, Wadley; Mary
Diamond, Birmingham; Audrey Dix
Dismukes, Prattville; Dorothy Net-
tles Dunn, Camden; Mary Sue Ed-
wards, Selma; Alline Ellis, Spring
Garden; Susie Ezzelle, Abbeville;
Marilyn Edna Fallman, Sylacauga;
Jean Farr, Alexander City; Gladys
Fuller, New Brockton; Helen Clisby
Fuller, Montgomery; Laura Lou
Garrett, Calera; Mary Alma Garri-
son, Yantley; Marie Goldsmith, At-
more; Mittie Lucille Gorum, Mc-
Kenzie; Mary Ruth Graham, Cull-
man; EVa Green, Birmingham;
Marjorie Grimes, Pine Apple; Lou-
ise Grisham, Rogersville; Elise Erie
Hagood, Lowndesboro; Mary -Evelyn
Hardegree, Goodwater; Edith Har-
rison, Frisco City; Edna Hays,
Springville; Norma Hermann, Fair-
field; Vera Nell Holcomb, Centre;
Mary Scott Howell, Selma.
Ernestine Jackson, Cullman; Sara
James, Eufaula; Mary Greene
Johns, Haleyville; Hilda Kelly,
Grove Hill; Burke Land, Montgom-
ery; Vandalyn Lazenby, Forest
Home; Jean Letson, Columbiana;
Jerrene Lucas, Langdale; Clara
Nell Lynn, Greenville; Dorothy
McAllister, Huntsville; Margaret
McAllister, Mobile; Alisa McWhor-
ter, Moulton; Welcome Macon, Cit-
ronelle; Mildred Martin, Haleyville;
Charlotte Meinwald, Minter; Nan-
nie Merrill, Andalusia; Mary Fran-
ces Miller, Ashland; Nell Moates,
Enterprise; Mary Ellen Moore, Do-
than; Mary Glenn Moore, Orrville;
Mary Edwina Morgan, Thomasville;
Vivian Morris, Abbeville; Delle Mul-
len, Talladega; Vera Nabers, Red
Bay; Mildred Nettles, Arlington;
Marie Nichols, Evergreen; Mildred
Nixon, Goshen; Mary Carolyn Nor-
ris, Birmingham; Lenore Oliver,
Shawmut; Frances Padget, Andalu-
sia; Annie Mae Paulk, Union
Springs; Mary Ellen Pentecost,
Gadsden; Mary Margaret Peterson,
Mobile; Jane Pitman, Huntsville.
Mary Jo Raney, Scottsboro; Mary
Ravenscroft, Union Springs; Fran-
ces Reid, Montevallo; Norma Rob-
inson, Plant City, Fla.; Carolyn
Rowe, Mobile; Katherine Russell,
Birmingham; Lois Anne Smith,
Tallassee; Myra Jean Smith, Slo-
comb; Rebecca Smith, Eutaw; Vir-
ginia Spann, Chapman; Margaret
Stallworth, Thomaston; Elizabeth
Stanley, Ensley; Mary Sterne, An-
niston; Marjorie May Stith, Gads-
den; Flidera Tapia, Crichton; Iris
Dudley Thomas, Birmingham;
Elizabeth Trice, Thomasville; Eliz-
abeth Verner, Birmingham; Eloise
Vinson, Louisville.
Louise Wallace, Hope Hull; Mar-
tha Ward, Andalusia; Lily Ware,
Mobile; Mary Barton Ware, Tus-
cumbia; Mary Jo Wesson, Lanett;
Gwendolyn Williams, Birmingham;
Thelma Williamson, Fayette; May
Lyman Woods, Montevallo; Nell
Wooten, Montevallo; Theda Wyatt,
Montevallo; Elizabeth Young, Ger-
aldine.
Gossip
(Continued from page 2)
snoop wasn’t the first boy for we’re
mighty afraid that a certain young
lady would eat her meals from the
mantle for some time to come and
spend the rest of the time cooling
her heels—and not in the dating
parlor with us, either! We won’t
mention any names now, chillun,
for we were a wee bit embarrassed
and think maybe the girl would be,
too!
Goodnite, chillun, that’s all until
next time.
Yours truly,
CAMPUS SNOOP
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FEBRUARY 12, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama Collegia
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Home Economics
Students Attend
J udson Convention
Home Ec. State Meeting
The state home economics meet-
ing was held Saturday, February
3, at Judson college, Marion, Ala -
bama, with representatives from
Auburn, the University, Montevallo,
Sneed, and Judson attending. The
highlight of the morning session
was a discussion by the whole group
of the problem of employing mar-
ried and unmarried women in time
of unemployment, and also the
problem of a student paying back
the money borrowed to send her
to school.
Upon arrival the delegates were
greeted by the Judson girls who
served them hot coffee and sand-
wiches. Lunch was served at noon
in the dining room, and the af-
ternoon session was1 ended by a tea
at Elmcrest, the home economics
house. Other entertainment includ-
ed a Kay Kyser quiz program and
group singing in the lodge.
Mr. G. H. Healey, assistant pro-
fessor of English at Judson college,
spoke at the afternoon session on
“Books of Rare Value.” The talk
was very interesting and most en-
lightening on the value of old and
new books and the reason they are
considered rare. He had a number
of books to illustrate his points.
Sophomore Council
The Sophomore council, in brief
session on Wednesday, instituted a
series of programs to be presented
by the Religious council at the next
few meetings. All sophomores are
urged to attend each of this series
of programs.
Presbyterian News
Mrs. Thomas M. Davis is plan-
ning a series of coffees Sunday af-
ternoons and Thursday evenings.
Margaret Denny is hostess, Febru-
ary 11.
National Youth Sunday will be
observed on February 25 with the
students in charge of the program.
Miss Margaret Flory will ^direct
a play, HE CAME SEEING, by
Mary Hamlin, to be given Easter
Sunday night. This is the story of
a boy whose blindness was healed
by Christ. The cast has not been
chosen yet.
International Relations Club
Social customs in Korea, describ-
ed by Kapsoon Kim, furnished the
theme for the meeting of the In-
ternational Relations club, Wednes-
day, February 7.
Kapsoon told of the practice of
placing boys and girls in separate
classes even in elementary school.
The students are not allowed to go
to picture shows, though occasion-
ally they are taken to an lyiusually
good picture. Parents arrange the
marriage of their children and di-
vorces are few because of severe
laws on that question.
Throughout her talk, Kapsoon
compared the culture of the Orient
with that of the Occidental world.
HI CAPPA CAPPA
Sara Christenberry, president of the campus tall girl society, Hi
Cappa Cappa, is shown reading some of her fan mail. One of her
admirers is a “Gary Cooper type” truck driver from Buffalo,
New York, who desires to know more about the society—and Sara.
Eligibility for membership requires a height of at least five feet,
eight inches. The club flower is the hollyhock, symbolizing the
“lofty” ideals of Hi, Cappa Cappa.
Eva Lips Tells of Her Life in Germany
In Startling Book, "Savage Symphony
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SAVAGE SYMPHONY is the pow-
erful title of the equally powerful
story of the rise of the third Reich
in Germany. This story told in the
first person by EVa Lips, wife of
a once powerful professor at a
German university, gives accurate
facts coupled with the living,
breathing truth of what happened
to people like you and me when
ruthless, merciless leaders stood at
the head of a government.
Professor Lips, unobtrusively
working in his office as director
of a German museum, rightly proud
of his contribution to the culture
of his beloved Germany, found
himself temporarily given a leave
of absence. He was replaced by a
man who had proven himself in-
capable of even dusting the small-
est parchment in the museum.
Instance followed instance in
which he found himself insulted by
men formerly in subordinate posi-
tions. Little did he suspect then
what was to follow.
Frau Lips in her household was
irritatingly disturbed by callers of
a military aspect. She was embar-
rassed by having her home search-
High School Glee Clubs
Present "The Mikado”
Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mi-
kado” was the presentation of the
Montevallo high school glee clubs,
Friday evening, February 9.
Students who took leading roles
in the production were Peggy Davis,
Lloyd Villadsen, Mayo Baker, Toot-
sie Clayton, Wayne Villadsen, Jul-
ian Hill, Fred Pearson, Sara Hen-
ry Reynolds, and Bobby Smith.
Julia Ward and Elthelle Nathews
were in charge of staging and cos-
tumes. Business managers were
Julia Rogan and Sylvia Appleton.
A chorus of thirty and a small
theatre orchestra completed the
performance.
ed. Little did she realize what was
to follow.
This was the beginning of the
savage symphony. This was the first
tone which was repeated, repeated,
sounded stronger and stronger,
built upon for effect and cause—
finally to become the mighty cres-
cendo caused by the outstretched
arm of concert master Adolf Hit-
ler.
The little human stories of the
storm trooper who befriended the
Lips in their guarded state, of the
loyal little maid servant left be-
hind when the boat carrying the
Lips to America sailed, and many
others are only a poignant strain
of this symphony.
The harshest chords of all are
found in the downfall of the beau-
tiful culture of Germany, the hu-
miliating treatment received by
those once honored by their father-
land, and the complete subjuga-
tion of a people to a dictator whom
words cannot describe.
Thus Professor and Mrs. Lips
come to America paupers in world-
ly goods, but bearing the gift of
teaching the culture of a Germany
our forefathers knew and loved.
Frau Lips’ story is beautifully
told. It is only one of the many
books dealing with the Nazi regime,
yet it is one of the most enthrall-
ing for it is like the music of a
savage symphony crackling with in-
trigue and menacing in danger.
Keep up the College Night spirit.
* * *
Who’s going to win this Purple-
Gold war?
• * »
We’re looking forward to seeing
you—alumnae, parents, friends.
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Peaceful Spirit
Of Student Groups
Is Causing Alarm
Despite the fact that most of the
war talk on the nation’s campuses
is peace talk, there nevertheless is
a growing tendency among colle-
gians and their campus superiors
to discuss what they believe to be
the bad effects of peace movements
that make collegians more con-
cerned with safety first than with
the fate of their nation.
First to focus attention on this
particular interpretation of the un-
dergraduate peace movements was
President-emeritus William Allen
Neilson, of Smith college, who said:
“For the moment, the attitude of
our academic youth seems to be so
largely self-centered that one
doubts whether the form in which
pacifism was brought to them dur-
ing these years was the best for
their spiritual health. The young
men of today seem to be largely
concerned with safety first and the
old men with $30 every Thursday.
.Peace that is not the crown of
justice and liberty is a peace that
cannot last, and it would have been
more inspiring if our young men
and women today had been more
concerned with their own safety.”
The college press early challeng-
ed this view, with the University
of Iowa DAILY IOWAN taking the
lead with an editorial which said
in part: “He asks us to bring jus-
tice and liberty to a world that ap-
parently is not greatly concerned
about justice and liberty. If dying
for it is the only way, America’s
youth prefers to live. If Dr. Neilson
is concerned because he has not yet
heard the battle cry in America, he
must continue to be concerned.
America believes today, as he ap-
parently is not aware, that nothing
is won by war. America believes
that there are other ways to settle
disputes than by dying on a battle-
field.”
Siding in with the DAILY
IOWAN’s point of view was the
Columbia university SPECTATOR,
which maintained that “times have
changed and the youth of today
realizes that any war he fights will
be to protect the interests of the
old men running the country.”
Alumnotes
By Frances Ribble
Alumnae Secretary
Dear Fellow Alumnae:
Once again it is homecomingF
time—that joyous occasion whenps
all the daughters from far anff01
near will gather around the Fos>P
tering Mother to sing her praisep
and revive old friendships and makef®
new ones. How her halls must rimR
with gladness when her girls ofP
former years pause long enough infe;
their various fields of endeavor foil
an annual visit to the campus! AndP1'
what an inspiration awaits on«Ful
there as she observes the progressP
between visits. Pw
This year especially can we alum-ml
nae be proud of our Alma Mater jjf,
in her expansion program. Surelytjj
we must go back and see the changeU,
that has come over Reynolds andth
the chairs and sofas and tables; ■
that our very own dollars haveL
bought. Maybe we will even want^e
to bring another dollar. U
College Night, too, will be going^t
on, and what could bring back ourjn
own college days more vividly? Ejj
As President of the Alumnae As-L
sociation, it is my happy privilege^
to invite each of you back forLn
Homecoming and College Night.
Yours for a larger Alumnae As-fec
sociation, &
Nathalie Molton Gibbons, ’30 gii
* * * fh
Several members of the collegeU
faculty and three students wfcre
present at the College Night supper
given by the Birmingham Alumnae
chapter recently. Those attending
were Dr. and Mrs. Harman, Dr.
Minnie L. Steckel, Miss Eloise Mer-
oney, Miss Ethel Harris, Dr. Lor-
raine Pierson, Miss Lillian Worley,
Miss Martha Allen and Frances
Ribble.
Barbara Sims and Elizabeth Gul-
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FEBRUARY 12, 1940
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ducation Demands
Jpreedom to Work
hn World Progress
| m these days of conflict over
gixiocracy, that word must not be
iei]Used
merely as a synonym for a
n>rm
of government. It must mean
freedom in every part of life, and
^specially in education. This fact
ws brought out in a recent address
•L Dr. Gould Wickey, Council of
U Xhurch Boards of Education sec-
.irij “Colleges cannot talk about de-
U°cracy and at the same time re“
n^Lse to allow democratic principles
'nsLnd methods to be used on their
eSsLwn campuses. Boards of trustees,
(faculties as well as student bodies,
m-Lust see democracy as a way of
tftr|ife effective here and everywhere,”
-lypr. Wickey demands that students
Lgeand faculty members practice what
ndthey preach.
lesf “The unit we must work with is
tvelhe individual human being, and
ntLe are coming to understand that
[he student can’t be subdivided
nKeither. It won’t do to deal with his
’^intellectual side alone and neglect
his health and morale; we must
reckon with his esthetic and emo-
igeHonal side, and by intelligent guid-
:orance help him adjust himself to the
real world in which he must live,
is- Educators have been saying these
things for years, now they are be-
’30ginning to act as if they believed
them.”
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News in Brief
Miss Marion L. Dunlevy, a Labor-
atory Archaeologist from the Ala-
bama Museum Archaeological Lab-
oratory, will speak at convocation
Thursday at noon in Palmer audi-
torium. Her speech will be “Pre-
historic Life in the Tennessee Val-
ley of Alabama.” In addition to
students and faculty members, the
people of Montevallo are cordially
invited by the college authorities to
attend the talk by Miss Dunlevy
which will last approximately one-
half hour. She appears in Monte-
vallo under the sponsorship of the
College Convocation committee.
Deputy Tax Collector H. P. Hill-
house will be in Montevallo, Feb-
ruary 26, instead of February 23,
to assist faculty members in mak-
ing out income tax returns.
* * *
Three types of membership in
the National Education association
are open to Alabama College fac-
ulty members. Any faculty member
who wishes to affiliate may do so
through the office of the Executive
secretary.
* * *
Poetry Contest
Ten dollars will be the prize giv-
en by the Poetry Society of Ala-
bama, Birmingham, for the best
poem submitted.
The poem may be written on any
subject, but musV not exceed fifty
lines in length Manuscripts must
be sent not later than March 5, to
the corresponding secretary, Viola
H. George, 4116 Court R, Central
Park, Birmingham.
Only one poem will be accepted
from each contestant.
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Three Institutions
To Remain First
In College Groups
From some of our leaders in edu-
cation come comments about items
first in importance to the students
of our colleges and universities.
“In the interests of the economic
less fortunate, democracy, higher
education and the state would be
much better served if grants to in-
stitutions were abolished except
under the most extraordinary cir-
cumstances and scholarships on a
merit basis set up for individual
students to be used by them at the
institutions of their choice within
the state.” Dickinson college’s
Pres. Fred P. Corson has a new
method for distributing state aid
to higher education.
“The most profound comment
that can be made about youth’s in-
terest in religion is the simple one
that they ask the same questions
every year, take to the same types
of materials, and resent the same
attacks of satire and ridicule. They
want, ardently, a quick and easy
solution and are impatient with
the philosophy of slowly resolving
ideas about significant matters.”
Sarah Lawrence college’s Kathryn
Mansell points to today’s collegiate
view of religion.,
“The bull session is an American
institution. To let it slide into
greater disrepute would be a shame.
Next time the gang gets together
for a talk-fest why not try to do
something constructive, why not
try to reach a' definite conclusion,
why not think through a problem?
The American student has brains;
the American student must learn to
use them. From the bull session
could come something fine and val-
uable.” The University of Iowa
DAILY IOWAN urges a more ser-
ious purpose for those gab-fests
that are usually not so profound.
Get in step with Purple pep!
* * *
“You’ll be sold on the Golds!’
. SPORTS .
By Sara Harris, Sports Editor
“St. Valentine was a good guy,”
says Elouise Peck, president of the
Athletic association. Valentine’s day
was the theme of the dance last
Saturday night. It was quite an oc-
casion due to the fact that the fe-
male dancers had honest-to-good-
ness male Valentines gripping
around with them! Because even
way back in grade school Johnnie
shyly handed Sally a valentine, so-
phisticated collegians were able U>
proudly display their newest heart-
beat at the dance.
Huge red paper hearts adorned
the walls, and red and white
streamers fell from the ceiling to
make up the decorations. The theme
was the same, the feeling was the
same. There was one thing differ-
ent about Saturday night and Feb-
ruary 14 ten years ago. Instead of
boy and girl gigglingly drawing
crude hearts and arrows, they
danced dreamingly and whispered
the same words—“Will you be my
valentine?”
Open house — definitely all four
doors of the Field House, to be
exact.
.Recreational equipment will be
put out all day every Saturday for
anyone having the urge' to recreate.
New equipment is there longing
to have its varnish scratched, so
everyone is invited to come down
and enjoy a varied program of
recreational sports.
Pacifism Holds
Danger For Those
Too Uninterested
The Dartmouth college DAILY
DARTMOUTH pointed recently to
one of the little-talked-of results
of organizations for peace: “There
is another danger in (peace) or-
ganizations, a danger which was il-
lustrated at Dartmouth during the
World War, when a group support-
ing the vague objective of peace
and having nothing else in its plat-
form, helped to bring into being
the volunteer movement for war.
Dartmouth learned then that one
organization sets up an opposing
organization, that movements for
peace can generate friction which
will start a counter movement for
war.”
Pointing to the dangers of paci-
fism, the Wellesley college NEWS
said: “Once again the small, peace-
loving neutral states are facing the
possibility of being sacrificed to aid
in the power politics of a great and
forceful state.”
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DOLLY DALE
ter commencement, which was the
first Wednesday in August, and
consisted of four weeks. College
terms were two only, but they were
long. The autumnal term lasted
through September, October, Nov-
ember, and December. After the
school from two weeks of Christ-
mas vacation for a three-month
grind of. classes, would just be look-
ing forward to a two-month lay-off,
starting with the first Wednesday
of January, 1840.
But if this seems like a lot of va-
of today, but the catalogue me
tions no mid-years. Check-ups
academic work, however, were g
parently as rigorous as any tocjj
for the 1840 catalogue states tli
“students are examined at t
close of each study by the facult;
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Page 6
FEBRUARY 12, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama Collet
Spring Fashions
Bring Novel Ideas
For New Clothes
In the spring “ a young man’s
fancy lightly turns to thoughts of
love” and a young woman’s turns
to new spring plumage. This sea-
son’s advance news will give this
young woman something to chew on
until she can pilfer enough jack to
buy them and wear them.
Cash-and-carry, pannier, knap-
sack, military dispatch. All these
phrases are applied to the newest
thing in the fashion wofld, pockets.
Schiaparelli started it, we hear,
to carry gas masks and other war-
time needs.
Pockets appear on everything:
Coats, suits, dress-up frocks, tail-
ored dresses, and even skirts; and
in every possible manner, seamed;
in with panels, sewed on in huge
squares, gathered on for fullness,
bound for decoration, applied in
lengthwise slits, and other odd
ways. Get at least one pocket gar-
ment, and let them be interesting
pockets. Some skirts have wide
waist bands with a belt running
under “vest” pockets. Especially new
are pockets on the softer dresses.
Sherlock Holmes Coat
Another fashion note is the mili-
tary or Sherlock Holmes coat,
copied from West Pointers’ caped
coats if in solid tweeds, or from
the sleuthing costume of Scotland
Yard’s celebrated mystery detective
if it is in plaid. Some reversible
gaberdine and woolen rain-top
coats are made of plaid in this
style.
Popular for spring casual wear
will be a pastel blouse with a skirt
in a slightly darker shade of the
same color and in the same or
heavier material. Often there will
be slacks to swap for the skirt af-
ter a busy day in the same shade
and material as the skirt. Shepherd
checks are good in skirts', especially
swing skirts and school frocks.
Variety of Colors*
This spring’s color wheel should
fit everybody because there is such
variety. Of course, navy is far ahead
of all others. The appearance of a
navy dress with frothy lace at the
throat or a pert navy hat will prob-
ably always be one of the first signs
of spring. Next in, order after navy
is gray. If you are a gray-wearing
person, don’t fail to have something
gray this spring.
The other colors are equally bal-
anced between the vivid, bright, vi-
brant colors, called “circus” colors,
and the pale, soft pastels. Blues,
roses, and other pastels will be
misty, lending an angelic, ethereal
air to some of the more fragile
types of garments. The “circus”
colors include vivid reds, glowing
greens, and other strong shades.
Another group will be called the
“ink” colors because they are
deepened colors of many of our old
friends. Some of them are so dulled
and darkened that they suggest fall.
Accessory shades will definitely
run towards reds, pinks, and
oranges. Before the end of Febru-
ary a dull pair of stockings will
look lifeless beside all the other
silk leg tubes in pink and orange
shades.
Careful planning with an eye to
what you see in the shops and
another cocked to what you read
and hear about what’s news, and
an adequate wardrobe will be easier
to have—and to wear. After all, the
proof of the costume is in the
wearing.
The success of College Night
isn’t dependent upon the leaders
of the two sides, but upon what
the members of the two sides
want to put into it. Why not have
a success with the biggest thing
we attempt in our college year?
(Continued from page 4)
ledge added to the program with
their interpretation of “Small Fry,’"
accompanied by Eloise Jones.
Clyde Merrill Maguire, president
of the chapter, presided over the
miniature College Night when songs
and stunts were given by the Gold
side, led by Ammi Copeland Elling-
ton, and the Purples, led by Billie
Hill. Carmen Burns gave the toast.
Eleanor Watson was song leader
and Bess Rogers musician.
* ♦ *
Boyd Payne Sims, ’15, of Chatta-
nooga, attended the Birmingham
College Night supper at which her
daughter, Barbara, now a student
at Alabama College, performed.
* * ♦
An article about her father and
a pen and ink sketch of him by
Elizabeth “Dinky” Sankey, ’37,
daughter of Dr. J. H. Sankey, fa-
mous now for his connection with
the Short quadruplets, appeared on
the front page of the BIRMING-
HAM POST recently.
* * *
Marjorie Walton Cox, ’37, has a
son, David Ogden, Jr., bom in Jan-
uary. Carmen Rebecca, born Janu-
ary 12, is the new daughter of Elin-
or Ennerson Jones, ex-’33.
* * *
Dr. Pierson recently received an
announcement of the marriage of
Aline Dalsace, French exchange
student here last year, to Pierre
Vellez, a medical student. The mar-
riage took place in October. Mr.
Vellez is now in military training.
♦ * *
Nell Samford, 37, was married to
Lomise Barton Harper of Birming-
ham, January 25. Mr. Harper is
the proprietor of a pharmacy.
Mae Newberry, ’38, will be mar-
ried March 1 to Carl W. Dobson of
Wedowee.
* * *
The following alumnae have sent
in requests for College Night tick-
ets: Ina Beck Moxley, Lavinia Bish-
op, ’39; Lillou Bums McCain, ’25;
Leota Butler Mahone, ex-’33;
Bernice Dilworth, ’36; Adelle Dixon,
’39; Elizabeth Farmer, ’38; Frances
Fuller, ’31; Mary Nell Gardner, ’39;
Elsie Golson, ’36; Margaret Hill,
’33; Sarah Hollis, ’39; Mary Stew-
art Howell, ’39; Mattie Hyde, ex-’38;
Nell Longshore Averyt, ’19; Nell
McKemie, ’39; Clyde Merrill Ma-
guire, ’29; Elizabeth Messer, ’36;
Elizabeth Pittman, ’39; Marguerite
Couch, ’32; Frances Trueman, ’39;
Maggie Bell Turner, ’39; Jean Wat-
son, ’39; Elizabeth Powell, ’32; Sara
Agnes Wilkes Letson, ’34; Augusta
Wynn, ’39; , Louise Yeager, ’39; Bil-
lie Hill, ’36; Elizabeth Hill White,
’32; Frances Anne Green, ’39; Elva
Jackson, Lorraine Woodfin, ’39;
Laura Lou Garrett, ’40; Aline Os-
born, ’30.
Grace Edwards McSwain, ’37;
Susie DeMent, ’37; Mildred Brooks,
’37; Juanita Morgan, ’39; Ellen
Thomas, ’39; Eloise Carlisle, ’39;
Jane Waller, ’39; Eloise Garrett, ’39;
Pope Byrd, ’39; Mamie Meroney,
ex-’31; Bonnie Davidson Burger,
’30; Opal Gibson, ’39; Doris Condon,
’39; Lorene Gray, ’39; Margaret
Lavonne Fuller, ex-’41; Gladys
Beaty, ’36; Polly McCarty, ’35; Ber-
nice May, ’32; Frances Lee, ’38;
Carmen Burns, ’30; Louise Cole, ’39;
Mary Lamar Russell, ’33; Mildred
Allen, ’32; Cary Sanford Creel, ’38,
Alice Green Castleberry, ’35; Fran-
ces Cumbee, ’38; Annette Flournoy,
’39; Madeline Heflin, ’33; Sara
Landers, ’39; Eleanor Lewis, ’36;
Opal Landrum, ’35; Anne Laure
Sigler, ’39; Mable Caley, ’39; Mar-
garet Timmerman, ’39; Eloise Lee
Zerwick, ’29; Pattie Upchurch, ’39;
Frances Douglas, ’39; Lois Morgan
Roy, ’38.
Candy
is delicious FOOD
ENJOY SOME EVERY DAY
Just Imagine This !
Burlington, Vt.—(ACP)—A Uni-
versity of Vermont student of a
hundred years ago, instead of start-
ing to think about coming back to
Sign for Friday College Night
tickets so you’ll be sure to get as
many as you want.
cation compared to that allowed
the students of 1940, the picture
changes when the 1840 catalogue is
consulted again, because it seems
that this eight-week recess was the
longest of the academic year.
The only other vacation came af-
two month cessation of college, \
summer term started, continiij
through March, April, May, Jvy
and July.
The student of 100 years ago ^
the bugbear of final examinatic
to anticipate, even as the collegj
WELCOME
ALUMNAE
The Alabamian
Alabama College, the State College for Women
VOLUME XVII z
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, FEBRUARY 26, 1940
NUMBER 12
Two - Day Battle Climaxes Purple- Gold War
Alumnae Return to Campus for Homecoming Twenty-1 hird
College Night
Is Produced
New Program
Is Scheduled
For Graduates
Alumnae Celebrate
Homecoming on College
Night For First Time
For the first time in the history
of Alabama College, the official
Homecoming of alumnae to the
campus is taking place this year in
connection with College Night.
Several features of particular in-
terest to former students are a part
of the program during the day on
Saturday, February 24.
8:30-12:15—'Registration in Rey-
nolds hall and inspection of the new
buildings by alumnae.
12:15-1:30 — Business Meeting,
Reynolds auditorium.
1:30—Luncheon, Old Dining hall.
3:30-4:30—Executive board meet-
ing.
4:30-5:30—Open House, Reynolds
hall, for faculty, alumnae and other
guests of the college.
Nathalie Molton Gibbons, presi-
dent of the Alabama College Alum-
nae association, will preside at the
business meeting and the luncheon.
The business meeting will give
alumnae the opportunity to hear
what activities have been under-
taken by the association during the
last year, and to suggest what needs
to be done. They will also vote on
the new officers for the associa-
tion.
As a feature of the luncheon pro-
gram, several members of the Bir-
mingham Alumnae chapter will
give the Purple stunt which was a
part of the College Night supper
recently held by the chapter. The
Alabama College! Glee club will sing
several numbers and Dr. Harman
and Dean Napier will be presented
to the group.
The newly elected officers of the
Alumnae association will meet in the
afternoon to outline plans for the
following year.
The “Open House” in Reynolds
hall later in the afternoon will give
former students an opportunity to
old friends among the faculty
and to meet the new members.
Plans for the entertainment of
alumnae while they are on the cam-
pus have been made by the Fac-
ulty-Alumnae committee, assisted
by other alumnae on the faculty
and in town. The Senate-Alumnae
committee with the several other
students have also helped with ar-
rangements.'
Glee Club Plans
Two Concert Trips
Continuing one of its most active
Winter and spring seasons, the Col-
iege Glee Club will appear in Mont-*
gomery Sunday, March 3, for three
SeParate concerts.
The first of these, at 9:30 in the
^orning, will originate in St. John’s
episcopal Church, and will be broad-
cast over radio station WSFA. At
;30 that afternoon the girls will
®J£g at the Clayton Street Baptist
hurch. Their final appearance for
he day will be at the First Baptist
chureh at 7:30 p. m.
The Glee Club is under direction
Mr. h. D. LeBaron, head of the
School of Music. The Glee Club has
JUst returned to the campus from a
^o-week tour of South Alabama
Florida, which took the singers
s far as Miami where they spent
ree days. Last month the group
(Continued on page 13)
Calendar
Friday, March 1 — Presbyterian
college debate.
Saturday, March 2—University of
Alabama Band.
Friday, March 8 — Argentinita,
Dancers, Concert and Lee t u r e
Series.
Monday, March 11 — Dr. J. W.
Decker, lecture.
Tuesday, March 12—M. S. C. W.
debate.
Wednesday, March 20—Washing-
ton and Jefferson college debate.
Thursday, March 21—Dr. McLean,
lecture.
Tuesday, March 26—University of
Alabama debate.
Thursday, March 28—Virgil Fox,
organist, Concert and Lecture
Series.
Friday, March 29 — “Double
Doors,” junior class play.
April 3-10—Spring Holidays.
April 4-5—Inter-high school meet.
April 11-13—Luenings of Sarah
Lawrence college.
Friday, April 19 — “Dr. Knock,”
College Theatre play.
Monday, April 22—Mr. Kildea, re-
cital.
Thursday, April 25 — Dedicatory
Exercises — Nino Martini, tenor,
Concert and Lecture Series.
Friday, May 10 — “Pure as the
Driven Snow,” directed by Mr. War-
field.
May 21-24—Final Examinations,
lower classmen.
May 24-27—Commencement Ex-
ercises.
Tuesday, May 28 — Dormitories
close, 12 noon.
Rochelle Gachet
Inaugurates Campus
Advisory Service
A vocational advisory service for
the women of Alabama has been
inaugurated here with Miss Roch-
elle Rodd Gachet as its director.
“Alabama women long have need-
ed guidance in their employment
problems,” announced President!
A. F. Harman, in his formal state-
ment with the appointment of
Miss Gachet, “and Alabama College,
as the State College for Women is
favorably circumstanced to render
this service to the people of the
state.”
“Sound vocational advice must of
necessity be based on a thorough
knowledge of employment needs in
the state, and of the facilities for
meeting those needs, and of opport-
unities for training to fill the jobs
available.” The Vocational Advis-
ory service will carry on research
along these suggested lines, on a
state-wide basis and will keep its
information up-to-date.
Such research affords a sound
background for the chief func-
tion of the Vocational Advisory
service, which will be to put the
result of its studies and its ad-
visory facilities at the disposal of
Alabama women for application to
their personal problems.
This service will bring together
the job and the trained woman
worker in a socially useful way,
tending to reduce unemployment.
Miss Gachet, who will direct this
new arm of the service program,
comes to her work from Arlington
Hall, Washington, D. C., outstand-
ing among Eastern schools for
girls. At Arlington Hall Miss Gachet
has been director of admissions and
a member of the faculty.
Miss Gachet is a Phi Beta Kappa
graduate of Newcombe college, Tu-
lane university, and holds a mas-
ter’s degree from the University of
Chicago, where she majored in per-
sonnel work. She has several na-
(Continued on page 13)
Two Big Performances
End Intensive Battle
Between Purples, Golds
Pictured above are the leaders of College Night and Palmer
hall, where this greatest of all-student campus events takes place.
Jean Letson, of Columbiana, is leader of the Golds, Her assist-
ant is Mary Diamond, of Birmingham. Emily Pratt, of Birming-
ham, is leader of the Purples. Her assistant is Ann Canon, of
Opelika. The 1940 College Night program is presented two nights,
Friday, and Saturday, February 23-24.
President Harman Reveals Great Hopes
For Future Progress of Alabama College
(By Mary Sterne)
“Alabama College of the Future”
was the subject of an interview with
Dr. A. F. Harman by your Alabam-
ian reporter in the president’s office
on February 15.
With the same characteristic
Southern hospitality with which he
will receive guests and alumnae at
the twenty-third annual College
Night, the President presented his
aspirations and dreams for the
growing institution whose destiny
he so skillfully guides.
That many of his dreams do
eventually come true is exemplified
in the current extension program
which is rapidly approaching com-
Alumnae> Welcome!
Whether you are they who were
graduated last year or twenty years
ago, there is one thing you have
in common with us who are here—
that is love of our Alma Mater. It
is that love which prompts us to
say whole-heartedly we welcome
you to our twenty-second celebra-
tion of College Night.
We wish for you a maximum en-
joyment of College Night, which
you know better than we, is the
greatest of our all-student activi-
ties.
College Night is yours and ours,
and though we are a very young
college to have traditions as such,
this is one event which ties us to-
gether—the past and present—into
a united group for our Alma Mater.
We welcome you to its fullest en-
joyment.
Cordially yours,
Celia Methvin, President
Student Government Association
pletion. This completion, the Presi-
dent says, will be but a material
thing for “no institution of higher
learning worthy of its place in high-
er education can cease to grow.”
This growth that Dr. Harman
dreams of in the immediate future
consists of our campus necessities—
a physical education building and
adequate addition to our present
dining room facilities. The Presi-
dent thinks “that we may even
dream of a fine arts building and
a tower with chimes attached.”
Yet no matter how fine our
campus may become, Dr. Harman
stated that we must never lose sight
of the fact that “the heart of the
campus is the teacher and the stud-
ent.”
In the discussion of increasing en-
rollment of students in the future
he said “I am not thinking in terms
of a great number of students, for
the college could, conceivably, be-
come so large in enrollment that we
might lose something that we can
ill-afford to lose — those things
which give Alabama College char-
acter.” Yet the President believes
that an enrollment of 1,000 students
would be about a happy medium if
there can be facilities to accommo-
date that number.
All through the course of the con-
versation Dr. Harman pointed up
one particular point. He emphasized
the fact that the real growth of an
institution does not lie in its plant^
or buildings nor in its student en-
rollment. Rather, he believes, “the
intellectual, cultural and spiritual
aspects are the life of any college.
These things are intangible and im-
measurable—yet they are tremend-
ously important, evidences of a col-
lege’s service to mankind.”
The twenty-third annual College
Night program will be presented to-
night with Emily Pratt and Ann
Canon as Purple leader and assist-
ant leader and Jean Letson and
Mary Diamond as Gold leader and
assistant leader.
Four weeks ago leaders and assis-
tant leaders were elected and teams
chosen. In the first two weeks of
work, scripts, songs, music, and
plays were written. Constant re-
hearsals and drilling since that have
made this year’s College Night what
it is.
The prelude to College Night will
be a march played by Eva Love
Wyatt on the organ and Edna Hays
on the piano. First number in the
field of composition will be the
Gold slow song, words by Maoma
Moore and music by Fay Prater,
The Purples will then reply with a
slow song, words by Nina Hall and
music by Ann Glass and Eloise
Jones.
First Drama Presentation
First in the dramatic line will be
the Purple impersonation, “The Eve
of St. John.” This was written by
Ellen Moncrief, Helen Harris, Mary
Sterne, and Frances Page, and was
directed by Lillian Russell. It is
based on a poern by Sir Walter
Scott in which the Baron, played
by Lois Blake, slew foully Sir Rich-
ard of Coldinghame, portrayed by
Irene Swift. On the eve of St. John
the spirit of Sir Richard visits Lady
Lenore, played by Mary Grace Orr.
He leaves his mark on Lady Lenore
and also places it on the wall. Ulti-
mately Lady Lenore enters a con-
vent and the Baron goes into a
monastery
Next on the program is the Purple
special music, arranged' and direct-
ed by Edith Dees. This is a choral
arrangement of “All Through the
Night” and Brahms’ “Lullaby.”
The Golds have their impersona-
tion next. It is “The Miracle,” writ-
ten by Madie Belle Ward from the
medieval legend as told by Max
Reinhardt. Annie Mae Paulk is di-
rector. This is another story dealing
with the religious and takes place
in a cathedral. This impersonation
is notable for its great beauty.
(Continued on page 13)
Argentinita Comes
As Next Artist
Argentinita, Spain’s most famous
woman dancer, who is now on her
initial tour of the United States
with her ensemble of dancers and
musicians, will appear in Palmer
hall, March 8, at 8:15 o’clock. Fea-
tured with Argentinita will be An-
tonio Treana, noted gypsy-style
dancer, and Pilar Lopez, who held
second place to Argentinita herself
in the Madrid Ballet.
The artist, whose repertory in-
cludes the authentic dances of
Spain’s forty-seven provinces as
well as of certain Latin American
countries, dances with perfect skill
and captivating charm. Faithful to
the traditions of Spanish choreo-
graphy, her dancing is distinctly
feminine with that touch of irony
and subtle sense of comedy charac-
teristic of the best Spanish dancing.
Fascinating costumes and typical
castanets create a perfect back-
ground for “Spain’s number one
dancer.”
Antonio Triana, the male dancing
(Continued on page 13)
Page 2
FEBRUARY 26, 1940
_THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama CollegJ^
College Night Started From Two-By-Four Performance
Stunt Shows
Grew Slowly
Into Big Event
College Night, outstanding event
on the campus each year, has
progressed from a small stunt night
competition between the classes,
witnessed by only the students and
faculty, to the gigantic performance
playing three nights with more
than three thousand persons from
all parts of the state and South
viewing the spectacle annually.
That first modest suggestion of
the present College Night celebra-
tion was conceived as an observ-
ance of Washington’s birthday. The
program was held in the old dining
room with improvised stages at one
end of the room. Miss Anna Irvin,
dietitian, served a special dinner in
honor of the occasion. Songs,
stunts, imitations, and poems made
up the program. Each class had a
color scheme. The seniors chose red
and white; the juniors’ colors were
black and gold; the sophomores’
theme was purple and white; and
the freshmen used green and white.
The impersonations, described as
“short and humorous,” were really
stunts. The seniors presented a bur-
lesque on “Romeo and Juliet.” The
juniors gave “Mile. Bressau and her
Cunning Dancing Dolls.” The so-
phomores presented “A dramatic
pantomime which ended when the
hero clasped the maiden in his
arms.” The freshman stunt was a
“Human Billboard portraying all
the necessities of College Life.” The
juniors and seniors tied for first
prize, a huge college banner.
Divided Into Sides
The next step in the evolution of
College Night came in 1921 when
the plan was changed so that the
students and faculty were divided
into two teams. Purple and gold
were chosen as fitting symbols for
the rival teams. It was at^ about
this time that girls were allowed
to invite a few friends to see the
results of their efforts,. The per-
formance was still being held in
the dining room.
The College Night of 1925 was
the triumphant climax to the un-
veiling of Jeannette Ramsay Mem-
orial hall. In 1927 College Night
was presented twice and it was ded-
icated to the Legislature. At the
first presentation, February 23, in
the dining room the Golds won,
and at the second presentation,
March 23, in Reynolds hall audi-
torium, the purples won.
College Night has gone through
all stages of dedication. It has been
dedicated to the alumnae. Governor
and Mrs. Bibb Graves, the parents,
the faculty, and various members of
the faculty and staff.
The first Purple-Gold hockey
game was held in 1929. The sport
(Continued on page 15)
Foyer of Palmer hall
where College Night
visitors met at inter-
mission to discuss the
performance and at-
tempt to decide which
side, the Purples or the
Golds, would be the
winner.
College Night Brings Out the Best
In Campus Musicians, Poets, Authors
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“Author!” “Composer!” — your
public demands that you come out
and take your bows.
Side by side, equally famous,
Purples and Golds together — the
stunt, impersonation and song writ-
ers take their curtain calls. From
left to right—
Fay Prater, senior music major,
composer of numerous tuneful,
meaningful lines and chords of
several slow songs, one of which
surpassed all others and “should be
made our new Alma Mater” (ac-
cording to some of both students
and faculty). Fay is for the Golds,
from the tip of her golden hair to
the very bottom rung of her “golden
ladder to success.” A transfer from
Huntingdon college year before
last, she has taken a leading place
in anything “pertaining to music” —
she tours with the Glee club, plays
in the orchestra, directs with Mr..
Kildea, fingers the piano keys unp-
der the close scrutiny of Mr. Z.s
and directs the Gold Special Music
orchestra.
Glass Composes
The slow, dreamy, beautiful
strains of the Purple slow song—
combined with the peppy, rhythmic,
jitterbug notes of the Purple pep
song—all emerged from the loyal
Purple veins of Ann Glass, junior.
Seeing her ride off in sociology
car number three, one would never
suspect the brain of a practical,
would-be social worker to hoard
such talents from the artistic, cul-
tural side of life. “She’s two-timed
us; she couldn’t be just fooling.”
Anyway, tonight she's rich with
Purple fame—and even the Golds
cast an admiring glance.
Another golden - headed, golden-
hearted Gold, Olive Barnes, senior
music major—and originator of the
Gold’s pip of a pep song. Listen to
the Golds sing it! She put a verse
in here, another there, “the music
goes round and round and it comes
out here,” and it really works. Olive
has spent four years of hard work
in Calkins, but it’s worth it—she’s
a great success—and so’s her song.
Curtain calls for authors—authors
to the right of me, authors to the
left of me, good and better—and
four are really famous
Madie Belle Ward, elite campus
artist, has brought the Golds a
vivid, picturesque impersonation of
one of the most beautiful stories
of faith and religion. Madie Belle
is a French major, and editor of
the TOWER, the literary magazine
so complimented and well liked.
Combining all her knowledge of the
poetic beauty, the inner emotions
of her readers and audience, she
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has written, not an impersonation,
a masterpiece.
No less full of the genius or “grey
matter for writing” is Maoma
Moore, the other of the Golds’
boasts, the author of an “Evening
in Paris,” the Gold stunt. Clever-
ness fails to describe her manu-
script—it’s genius. She has accom-
plished the feat of making you
laugh at the characters, meanwhile
you gape at the exotic beauty of
the scene.
Maoma is a senior English major,
a much admired, much envied star
of the dramatic world here—and a
priceless possession of the Golds.
Purple Songs
Eloise Jones deserves no small
amount of credit for her work on
the Purple slow song, in collabora-
tion with Ann Glass. And the Pur-
ples almost didn’t find who the
writer of the lovely words for the
slow song was. Skillful detection,
however, unearthed Nina Ball as the
poetry prodigy.
Helen Foster Harris and Ellen
Virginia Moncrief have become fa-
mous for their awe inspiring words
to the Purple pep song.
The theme for the Purple stunt
was conceived by Lillian Russell,
who is directing it. She was assisted
in the writing by Mary Sterne, who
also had a big hand in the writing
of the purple impersonation.
Other honors in the construction
of the impersonation go to Sara
Burns and Frances Page.
It is difficult to give credit lines
for the Purple stunt and imper-
sonation. A writing committee,
led by Mary Sterne, business man-
ager of the TOWER and feature
editor of the ALABAMIAN, “put
their heads together” and have pro-
duced two prize-winning scripts. So
cooperative and full of the Purple
spirit are they, that their thoughts
and “doings” are not easily separ-
able.
College Night Seems
One Big Mystery
To Excited Freshmen
“I just don’t see how it could be
as good as last year’s!”
“Do you remember—?” “Yes, and
don’t you think—?”
“And the Golds—“But, the
Purples—.”
Those are just some of the frag-
ments from an upperclassman con-
versation, fragments such as are
heard all over the campus—in the
dining room and in the halls—and
the freshmen just listen, or maybe
(Continued on page 15)
Stage Craft
Is Symbolized
By Theatre
To Alabama College, Palmei
means plays. Plays immediate!;
bring to mind Dr. Walter Trunj,
bauer. When you think of “Trum,
mie” you think of the Colleg,
Theatre, one of Alabama College^
most famous organizations.
The College Theatre was organic
ed in 1929—eleven years ago—bj
Dr. Trumbauer. During this timJ
it has produced thirty of the bes
plays ever given at Alabama ol.
lege. Audiences through the yearj
have seen only the finished product]
They cannot see the weeks of pracj
tice, the hours of worry, the build]
ing of scenery, the costume design,
ing and creating. They can’t realig
the background of each character
the hours spent saying line aftej
line, the days when the cast wen
so discouraged and tired it seemeij
useless to go on, the weeks
pounding, molding, building th;
character of each person. The Col-
lege Theatre symbolizes all this-
the spirit of “the show’s the thing!
And it IS the thing! Great perform,
ances have been presented b;
Trummie’s trained college students,
Some of them are:
Gammer Gurton’s Needle—Mr. §
Beggar on Horseback—Kaufman
Connelly.
Antigone—Sophocles.
The Importance of Being Earnest
—Oscar Wilde.
The Assumption of Hannele-
Hauptmann.
Much Ado About Nothing-
Shakespeare.
The Imaginary Invalid—Moliere.
When the Dead Live On—Carum-
bauer.
Mr. Pim Passes By—A. A. Milne.
(Continued on page 14)
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FEBRUARY 26. 1940
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The Alabama College Alumnae
association has spent an active
year under the guidance of its ex-
ecutive board with Nathalie Mol-
lon Gibbons, president; Callie Poole
Quinn, vice - president; Prances
nibble, secretary; and Ethel Harris,
treasurer.
Reynolds Hall
The largest project undertaken
by the association during the year
was raising a fund to be used to-
ward the equipping of Reynolds
hall, which ia now a College Union
building. The original goal to be
raised was $4,000. Of this amount,
$2,600 was turned over to Miss
Dawn Kennedy, chairman of the
Committee for Equipping .Reynolds
hall, and has been used to purchase
the equipment for the alumnae of-
fice, the reception hall, the men’s
lounge, the Student Government
office, the loafing porch, tables and
draperies for the large dining
room, chairs for the auditorium,
and curtains for the stage. Some of
this equipment may now be seen
in Reynolds hall.
Some of this fund had already
accumulated in the treasury and
the rest was raised this year by
appeals to individual alumnae and
to chapters. It is hoped that alum-
nae will continue to add to the
fund until the original goal is
reached.
Chapters
Eleven new alumnae chapters
have been formed since the last
annual meeting of the association
in Opelika, Wetumpka, Alexander
City, Anniston, Guntersville, Cull-
man, Tuscaloosa, Greensboro, Brew-
ton, Andalusia, Opp, and Elba.
Prospective chapters are in the
process of organization in Miami,
Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Conference of Alumnae Chapter
Delegates
The first Conference of Alumnae
Chapter Delegates was held on the
campus, October 21. It was the pur-
pose of this conference to strength-
en chapter organizations through
knowledge of what other chapters
are doing and through closer co-
operation between the clubs and
the alumnae office At that meet-
ing the group also discussed v the
plans for equipping Reynolds hall.
It is expected that the confer-
ence will become an annual affair
and will eventually take over most
of the business of the Alumnae
association which has heretofore
taken place at the annual Home-
coming.
Homecoming-
It has been the custom in the
past to celebrate Homecoming at
Pounders Day. At the suggestion of
many alumnae, faculty and friends
of the college, Homecoming was
Postponed this year to take place
°n College Night. Plans for this
(Continued on page 15)
MISS FRANCES RIBBLE
Alumnae Secretary
Alumnae Help Judge
Value of College
Questionnaires are now being sent
to approximately 1,000 graduates of
Alabama College by the alumnae
office. From the information which
is returned, Dr. Katherine Vickery
and Frances Ribble, alumnae sec-
retary, will make a study which is
hoped will be of value to the col-
lege as well as an interesting ob-
servation.
It is the purpose of this survey
to plot the activities of graduates
since they have left college, to de-
termine whether or not interest
since graduation has changed over
a period of years, whether or not
any definite trends are discernible,
and whether the college has helped
fit them for these activities.
The questions that have been
asked these graduates deal with
their marriage, families, employ-
ment, graduate study, community
activities, creative work, and what
Alabama College training they con-
sider is helping them most today.
They are also being asked for their
opinions concerning publicity of
the college and its radio programs.
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Senate Committee
Promotes College
History Lectures
The Senate-Alumnae committee,
a division of the Student Senate,
was organized this year with Mar-
tha Terry as chairman.
It is the purpose of this commit-
tee to promote among the students
an understanding and appreciation
of the college, a feeling of respon-
sibility toward it, and a desire to
serve it which will last through
their alumnae years.
Members of the committee are:
Evelyn Metes, Frances Page, Doro-
thy Sandlin, Eva Love Wyatt, Anne
Wills, Helen Hope Balch, Margaret
Stallworth.
The presidents of the college
classes are usually asked to attend
their meetings.
The committee expects to pro-
mote, during the month of March,
a series of lectures on the college
history, tradition, operation, and
program. Scrap books will be given
to each college class to be kept
during student days, and continued
after the girls have left Montevallo.
These scrap books will be brought
back at Homecoming in the future
years. The Senate-Alumnae com-
mittee assisted with the open house
held in Reynolds hall during Janu-
ary and also assisted with plans for
Homecoming at College Night.
Alumnae Association
Inaugurates Officers
The nominating committee of the
Alabama College Alumnae associa-
tion has inaugurated the following
officers for 1940-1942:
President, Eloise Lee, ’29, (Mrs.
Otto Zerwick), Gadsden; Vice-pres-
ident, Nathalie Molton, (Mrs. S. R.
Gibbons), ’30, Birmingham; Secre-
tary, Frances Ribble, ’36, Monte-
vallo; Treasurer, Ethel Harris, ’31,
Montevallo.
This report was voted on at the
alumnae luncheon, Saturday, Feb-
ruary 24.
Letter Clinic
Increase your chances of getting
a position by sending a good appli-
cation letter. Improve your letter
by coming to the Letter Clinic, to
be held at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday
evenings at 207 Bloch. Classes begin
February 28. For further informa-
tion see Miss McGee, 102-A Comer.
Magic City Alumnae
Give Annual Dinner
Several Alabama College alumnae
chapters have held interesting
meetings recently.
Birmingham
A miniature College Night was
presented by the members of the
Birmingham Alumnae chapter at
their College Night supper, Febru-
ary 9. The purpose of the supper
was to encourage the alumnae liv-
ing in Birmingham to attend
Homecoming at College Night.
Billie Hill, ’36, who was a College
Night assistant leader in 1936, was
the leader bf the Purple side and
Ammi Copeland Ellington, ’33, as-
sistant leader in 1932 and 1933, led
the Golds. Carmen Bums, ’30, gave
the toast, Bess Rogers, ’29, was mu-
sician and Eleanor Watson, ’37, as-
sistant leader in 1935, led the
songs.
Dr. and Mrs. Harman and sev-
eral members of the college fac-
ulty attended the dinner.
Officers of the Birmingham chap-
ter are: Clyde Merrill Maguire, ’29,
president; Marguerite Scroggin Bol-
vig, ’26, vice-president; Sarah Ky-
ser Miree, ’37, secretary; and Mrs.
James J. Oden, treasurer.
Mobile
The Mobile chapter met February
13 to make plans for attending
Homecoming and to discuss prelim-
inary plans for the annual tea to
be given in honor of the girls grad-
uating from local high schools.
The following are the new offi-
cers of the chapter: Billie Seibert,
’35, president; Edith Richards, ’27,
vice-president; Audrey McKay, ’38,
secretary - treasurer; and Helen
Hewell MoGonigal, reporter.
Washington
Members of the Washington
chapter entertained Dr. A. F. Har-
man at a luncheon at the Army-
Navy Country club in Washington
during January.
Dr. Harman spoke to the group
about the college as it is today and
(Continued on page 11)
Former College
Night Leaders
Pursue Careers
Various and Sundry
Activities Keep Golds
And Purples Busy
What becomes of College Night
leaders and presidents of Student
Government after they leave Ala-
bama College? The following items
about some of the former members
of the group may throw a little
light on the subject.
• • •
1939: Kathleen Williams, presi-
dent of Student Government, is do-
ing graduate work at the University
of Alabama. “Granny” Rice, Purple
leader, does welfare work in Mont-
gomery, and Marinelle Oliver, as-
sistant Purple leader, is following
the same worthoccupation in We-
tumpka. Modeska Kirksey, Gold
leader, is teaching in Cuthbert,
Ga„ and Jean Watson, Gold assist-
ant, is teaching home economics in
Panama City, Fla.
* * *
1938: Hazel McLendon, president
of Student Government, is teacher-
coordinator for the Distributive
Education program in Anniston.
Frances Cumbee, Purple leader, is
teaching in Pell City; Nell Chappell
(Mrs. Darwin Dobbs) lives in Alex-
ander City. Martha Nicolson, Gold
leader, teaches in Selma, and Sara
Whiteside, assistant, in Vernon.
* * *
1937: Sara Kyser, president of
Student Government, is now Mrs.
Dick Miree and lives in Birming-
ham. Aeolian McRee, Purple lead-
er, teaches in Clanton and Emily
McLendon, assistant, teaches in
Birmingham. Aileen Holly, Gold
leader, is Mrs. Frank Perkins of
South Bend, Indiana. Martha Nic-
olson was assistant leader.
* * *
1936: Isabel Henderson, president
of Student Government, is principal
of an elementary school in Mobile.
(Continued on page 15)
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FEBRUARY 26, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
EDITORIALS
Yea, Back Stage Crews!
Yea, Golds! Yea, Purples! Yea, Jean! Pratt!
Canon! Mary! Yea, College Night!
But the ALABAMIAN staff wishes to give fifteen
rahs for that group in this College Night produc-
tion, which does the dirty work—“behind the scenes.”
Our parents, our friends, our alumnae, may ad-
mire the dress the leaders wear, the way they lead
their sides; the dignity and importance of the presi-
dent of student government; the ease and skillful-
ness of the ushers; the excellent actresses; but have
you admired or even thought of the costume com-
mittees, the lighting and staging crews, the proper-
ties committees—all who have worked endlessly and
tirelessly—or of the business managers who held
the purse strings, balanced the budgets, and made
ends meet?
Your clothes may be beautiful, but it’s what lies
beneath, in your heart and mind, that counts. Sim-
ilarly, your production may be flawless, breath-tak-
ing, but it’s not above the leader or actress who
made it so—go behind stage and watch the seeth-
ing bustle; the tired, dirty faces full of worry and
anxiety; those willing to be in the background,
blamed but not credited, too exhausted to cheer
when they win or if they lose—and you’ll find out
what College Night really means.
Welcome!
Change and Exchange
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Alabama College Girl: Are you going down to
the Auburn dances? ( !
2nd A. C. Girl: No, I’m going home for the week,
end.
1st Girl: I didn’t get an invitation either.
* * * *
College Night, oh College Night, oh Yell Yourselt
Hoarse.
Pui-ples glowing, Golds shining
Halls filled with cheers.
Yea Gold!! Yea Purple!!
Yea College Night!
* * * *
Honestly, I believe the sophomores are dumbet
than us freshmen.
They expect us to believe anything. We were
“trusting” enough
To accept the old tale they told us the first o|
the year about
Freshmen having to pick strawberries for activity
points, but
Even kindergarten children could have seen
through the story
That Dot Dowling went around telling everybody
last Tuesday.
As you all know, the lights went out about 11:30,
Our dear
Dotsy went to every room on her hall and told the
girls that
There was going to be a fire drill at 12:00, but
since the
Electricity was off, they wanted each student to
set her alarm
Clock for that hour and then march downstairs
when they all
Started ringing. Now, I ask you, was THAT dumb!
* * ♦ *
Mary had a steamboat
Steamboat had a bell.
When Mary went to heaven
The steamboat went to Toot.
—L. H.
* * * *
Nitrates: Rates on night letters after seven o’clock,
Carbon: Place where tired street cars go at night,
Chlorine: Dancer.
Dioxide: What they make shoes out of.
* * * *
Lady at New York World’s fair: “Guide, what time
do you feed the Lagoons?”
* * * *
Speed on, O Time, in thy flight
Before I have time to recite.
* ' » * *
War time notice: If your knees are knocking,
kneel on them. —Readers Digest,
* * * *
PLAY BOY
He always liked the women
(Not to mention wine and song)
' But even to our Parson Jones
He never seemed quite wrong.
He loved to while away his nights
In places not quite good.
But no one ever called him bad
Because they never could.
He always won bis poker games—
You should have seen him cheat!
Yet in respectability
He just could not be beat.
I never could comprehend
Just why all this is true—
Unless it is because Grandpa
Has just turned eighty-two.
—Gloria Lou Vesta
American Magazine, Nov., *38
* * * *
Sonny: Do you know the difference between »
taxi and a street car?
Burke: No. j £
Sonny: Great, then we’ll take a street car.
* * * *
Fran Timmerman, age ten, about to buy a ticket
to the movie in the early afternoon. The box office
man asked:
“Young lady, why aren’t you in school?”
“Oh, it’s all right,” said Fran, "I’ve got the
measles.”
* * * •
Jacque Brewer: Teacher, do they have a fourth
July in England?
Teacher: No, of course not, dear. You know bett#
than that. j
J. B.: Well, what comes after the third? J j
* * * * ,|
Then there was the chemistry class that was call' ;
ed a Pullman, because it had three sleepers and ^ 1
observation section. —Beta Blotting 5
• * * * <
A thousand years ago today ‘
A wilderness was here;
A man with powder in his gun x
Went forth to hunt a deer. t
But now the times have changed somewhat— t
Along a different plan; | ^
A dear with powder on her nose
Goes forth to hunt a man. 5
—The Student Priott
Individually, as two sides, Purples and Golds; and
as one entire, united group, we extend to you— our
parents, our alumnae, and our friends—a sincere
welcome and a hope that you will enjoy every min-
ute of your stay with us — especially our College
Night, for it’s yours almost as much as our own.
Alumnae, it’s your College Night because it’s your
Alma Mater, even before it belonged to us. We hope
you’ll think us worthy of it. And we hope you’ll for-
give us for letting the few petty likes and dislikes
enter in which have hindered it’s being quite as
good as was possible.
Parents, you help to make this the biggest College
Night we’ve had. If you think your daughter’s neg-
lected her studies, we hope you’ll see in this per-
formance that higher education which comes from
creating with one’s own heart, mind, and hands.
Friends, there’s nothing more to say except that
we’re glad you came, and we hope you’ll come again
soon. * *
Did You Do Your Best?
It’s a great success, this College Night of ours.
The good productions we’ve given, the pep we’ve
shown at the performances, and the compliments
we’ve received have so puffed us up with self-pride
that we’re completely satisfied with ourselves and
our abilities.
But are you really completely satisfied? Deep
down inside, don’t you feel a tiny pricking of the
conscience for things you might have done and
didn’t? The performance was wonderful—think whas
it would have been, or could have been, at its best.
Your hall mates, and maybe even your roommate,
doesn’t know what you failed to do. But you do, it’s
written all over you: How you put your petty likes
and dislikes above your college spirit and loyalty—
how you wouldn’t yell because of the cheerleader,
wouldn’t sing because of the musician, wouldn’t act
because of the director—how you played traitor, told
your side’s secrets because you couldn’t do what you
wanted to—how you gave up your friend because
she was a Purple and you a Gold—above all, how
you put on just a first-rate performance when you
could have reached a super goal.
And how you “puff-up” when I tell you this and
won’t admit you’re wrong, like a spoiled brat.
Campus
Gossip
By 3 Snoops
Mary Estrid England, the girl
with the Dorothy Lamour hair, is
keeping her l’amour for a certain
young med student in Memphis.
* * *
What freshman said she was go-
ing to put an Official Busy sign
on one of the date parlor doors?
It’s a good idea.
* * *
Was Peggy Kirk’s face red the
other day when she got a check for
unnecessary noise the other night.
And she’s a hall proctor!
* * *
Why is it Dot Watson spends all
her time in the libe reading up on
Vogue? Maybe she has a heavy date
for the freshman dance.
* * *
We’d be willing to bet that there
isn’t a drug store anywhere that
had as many boxes of Valentine
candy as our own dear P.O. on that
memorable day.
9 * *
Margaret Price is totally unlike
any other female in love. It seems
like we never hear much, if any-
thing, about Buddie.
* * *
Prize blunder of the week was
when Adelaide Lindell and Lucy
Moates blissfully walked unawares
into Purple practice the other night.
m * •
“Say it with flowers” is Dot Tarp-
ley’s true love’s theme. Anyway, it
was a pretty pink carnation.
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Speech Editor, Jeanne Appleton; Sports Editor, Sara Harris; Club Editor, Nancy
Weems; Society Editor, Frances Roberts; Advertising Managers, Ollis Mills, Frances Cro-
ley, Geraldine Hollis; Circulation Managers, Charlotte Meinwald, Lois Maples;
Typist, Forrest Branscombe.
REPORTERS
Evelyn Weldon, Mary Rogers, Carolyn Jenkins, Peggy Kirk, Margaret Ritter, Margaret
Lee, Imogene Harris, Mary Grace Orr, Nancy Powers, Sara Reddoch, Imogene Foshee,
Gwendolyn Tittle, Annie Lee Jones, Frances Padgett, Sammie Dorrough, Mary Sue Ed-
wards, Virginia Martin, Margaret Dean Harris, Virginia Riddle, Fauvette Taylor, Caro-
lyn Breaux, Lilias Heblon, Berneese Dison, Jeanne Espy, Melba Ruth Jones, Dorothy
Sandlin, Frances Norris, Mary Edna Wallace, Frances Owens, Willanise Green,
Annie Ruth Beasley, Mary Carolyn Norris, Mary Beth Wilbanks,
Geraldine Hollis, Sara Bums, Jean Childress, Lucy Pegues.
How about that georgous engage-
ment ring Edith Dees is sporting?
Wonder if they sang a duet when
the proposing was done?
* * *
Why does Nancy Powers flutter
when Atlanta (in Georgia) is men-
tioned?
* * *
About another Greensboro gal, it
seems that Margie Chapman now
regrets sending two certain pictures
back to one young man.
* * *
We’d be willing to bet that Caro-
lyn Breaux was in her “seventh
heaven” the other night when her
secret (or is it a secret?) love ap-
peared on the campus.
* * *
Siler doesn’t mind admitting that
she’s been in love with Bill for
ages and ages. It seems that per-
sistence wins in the long run, Cath-
erine.
* * *
Everyone likes Miss Conn’s hy-
giene classes. Wonder if she’ll dem-
onstrate the cross-eyed lesson?
* * *
Say, Titter, we’re glad you’re
back. Guess it just gets in your
blood, huh, Rencher?
* * *
Why did so many studes turn
out for the Wheaton debate? Maybe
it was the boys. Say what, goils?
* * a
Why does Lindell get a far-away
look in her eyes every time the
Golds sing “Oh, Johnnie?” Maybe
we’d better look into that.
* * *
Well, dears, as Confucius say,
keep your chin up or you might get
a double chin.
* * *
The “specials” board sorely misses
Polly Samford’s dailies. Carolyn
Rowe seems to have changed to
telegrams, too.
* * ♦
Didn’t Ruth Gilmer, Warfield and
the Talisman roses make a charm-
ing trio at the junior prom?
* * *
We never did get around to say-
ing that we’re glad Elise Stickney
has recouped from her long illness
and is back on ye olde campus.
* * *
• It’s a good thing this is a girls’
school or maybe Virginia Nancar-
row would be embarrassed when she
takes her nightly daily dozen.
* * *
Childish trick of the week: Mar-
garet Ritter licked her whole piece
of candy to keep her roomies from
wanting it! Take a hint, you room-
mates.
* • •
Orchids to Mr. Henning for his
sympathy for rats making their
voice records.
* * *
What freshman had three dates
coming for the same Sunday show
and finally landed in the infirm-
ary—a nervous wreck?
(Continued on page 13)
PROF EDW. Y. YOUNG OF DUKE U.
HAS TRAVELED ID EUROPE 52
TIMES INTttE PAST ~bG YEARS /
THE LISTENING POST"
FREAK TREE GROWTH ON THE
WTTTENBURG G0LLE6E CAMPUS.
ALBERT i
SENIOR. IN TUB
NEW YORK UNIV.
SCHOOL OF COM-
MERCE* HAS
BEEN PRESIDENT
OF HIS CLASS
FOR THE PAST
FOUR YEARS/
ODD NAME DEPT.
BOB SASSER. IS A DEBATER AT
PURDUE, ED YELLAND LEADS
CHEERS AT THE COLLEGE OF
THE PACIFIC AND C.C. SPORTS-
MAN COACHES TRACK AT NORTH
TEXAS ST.TEACHERS COLLEGE/
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
FEBRUARY 26, 1940
Page 5
Alumnae Association Equips Reynolds Hall
Building And Additions
Will Complete New Program
Comer and Tutwiler
Constructions are Part
Of Expansion Program
The College has just completed
the greatest building program in
the school’s history. With means
provided by loans and grants from
the Public Works Administration,
the changes and additions to the
physical plant have lifted it into
the ranks of the country’s finest
state-supported institutions for
women. Included in the building
program are the College Union
building, formerly Reynolds hall,
Julia Strudwick Tutwiler hall, the
senior dormitory, the addition to
the library, Braxton Bragg Comer
hall, a classroom building, and the
Mary Alice Boyd building, the new
elementary training school.
College Union Building
In midsummer of 1939 the work
of converting Reynolds hall into a
College Union building was begun.
In its new guise campus social life
will center in Reynolds, and there
the girls will find a dozen different
ways to pass an aimless1, relaxed
half hour.
The senior dormitory has been
named Julia Strudwick Tutwiler
hall. Tutwiler hall is situated be-
tween Ramsay and Hanson halls
with the front of the) new hall ap-
proximately in line with the rear
wall of its neighbors. It is directly
opposite the entrance of the new
dining room, completing the quad-
rangle comprised of Tutwiler, Han-
son, Ramsay, and the dining room.
The home economics and art de-
partments of the College worked
together on the furnishings of Tut-
wiler. The problems of color, de-
sign, and type of furniture were
discussed with the classes regard-
ing the furnishings in both Tut-
wiler hall and the College Union
building.
Addition to Library
Besides the major additions to the
college landscape, and the face-
lifting which Reynolds has gone
through, a new wing was added to
the library, affording extra space
which will raise the library capa-
city to 95,000 volumes. The periodi-
cal reading room has been moved
downstairs opposite the large read-
ing room. A unique feature of the
altered library is the outdoor read-
ing roof which the workmen have
included in the change. This read-
ing roof at the second floor level
offers the girls a place to study un-
der natural light in fair weather. It
is certain to prove a most popular
place for pleasure reading as well
as study.
Comer Hall
Braxton Bragg Comer hall is lo-
cated just beyond Bloch hall on the
left of the drive to the President’s
House. Besides classrooms and fac-
ulty offices, Comer hall offers a
sound-proof broadcasting room for
college radio programs, and a lec-
ture hall seating 200. Behind and
above Comer a landscaping program
amounting to approximately $15,000
is being carried on by the PWA.
The new elementary training
school, called the Mary Alice Boyd
building, is situated between the
°ld elementary and high school
buildings, set well back from the
street and facing the college cam-
pus. Miss Mary Alice Boyd served
as principal of the training school
from 1923 until her death in 1937.
The memory of her unselfish ser-
vice still inspires those with whom
she worked in Montevallo. The
building incorporates many of the
Kteas implicit in progressive educa-
lon- Classrooms are large, light,
®®d airy. They are intended for
ork projects as well as lessons, and
room f°r the children to move
bout freely. The walls are done
h attractive pastel shades appeal-
g to young eyes.
Quests here for College Night are
°t unmindful of the dual attrac-
th°n yhich this program has in
to icant year in college his-
aiv>y~~a year which has seen unex-
*hpled activity and change as Ala-
y,. College nears its fiftieth
lrthday.
Elite Night Voters
Know Ones To Pick
“This College Night has been
more than the usual campus per-
formance, with two sides, Purples
and Golds, presenting stunts, im-
personations and songs. It’s been
the biggest and best in every way—
and most of all it’s provided the
last, definite proof for my theory
that the campus elite, whose pic-
tures will occupy a section of the
TECHNALA, were npt selected by
a mere popularity vote.”
This statement was advanced by
Birdie Margaret Moorer, editor of
the TECHNALA, who sponsored the
annual Elite Night, when “Who’s
Who Among Students of Alabama
College” was decided.
To prove that they are worth
their titles, our campus elite have
chosen the time of the greatest
all-student activity on the campus
—and they are leading in that
activity, College Night.
Miss Alabama College
Celia Methvin has integrated her
two positions as Miss Alabama
College and president of the Stu-
dent Government association , into
one, and is leading the entire cam-
pus in the College Night perform-
ance. Celia is fully capable and
worthy of representing her Alma
Mater, both in name and deed.
Miss Executive
Miss Executive, president of the
Senate, Bettie Archibald has taken
on another duty, that of business
manager for the Golds. Dressed in
tailored, well-made suits, looking
very much her part, she holds the
purse strings, balances the budget,
and is very executive.
Artist
Artist Jean Farr is not lacking
in that artistic side of life. The
posters, the unique ideas for signs
to publicize the Purples have
emerged from her artistic brain.
Hostess
Standing at the door which leads
to the heart of the purple throng
is Emily Pratt, still chief hostess
and a leader of College Night. It’s a
trying task on one’s personality
and good spirit, but Emily’s still the
best yet, so say the Golds as well
as the Purples. And" who could ask
for better than our campus hostess
to help receive and welcome alum-
nae, friends, and parents?
Maoma Moore overstepped her
boundary as actress and is show-
ing her fellow Gold-mates that she
can be other than dramatic. Em-
(Continued on page 9)
Reynolds hall, the oldest classroom building on the campus, has
emerged from its remodeling a new Student Union building. Its
colonial architecture has been preserved despite changes toward
the more modem furnishings.
Beauty of Campus Continues to Hold
Top Honors Among College Observers
Beauty, a quiet, restful beauty
not found on a large number of
college campuses, is the keynote of
the campus grounds of the college.
The richly green lawns, the aimost-
forest of trees infested with squir-
rels, and the buildings, represen-
tative of olden as well as modern
architecture, have received com-
ments by visitors from in and out
of the state.
The college grounds consist of
106 acres. These include land on
which the training schools are lo-
cated, which was given the college
by the town of Montevallo. In re-
cent years ali main streets and
walks have been paved.
One of the features of interest
is the outdoor theatre being con-
structed in a natural cup just be-
low and to the west of Flower Hill.
To the broad playing field of the
uppercampus, devoted to archery,
baseball, hockey, soccer and other
sports, is now added a still longer
field in the. valley below. Twelve
well conditioned tennis courts are
at the disposal of students.
The college includes approxi-
mately fifteen buildings, used for
offices and classes. THOMAS WAV-
ERLY PALMER HALL, which
bears the name of the third presi-
dent of the college, was opened in
1930. It contains administration of-
fices, an auditorium seating ap-
proximately sixteen hundred, ex-
cellent stage facilities, and one of
the greatest institutional pipe or-
gans in the South. Palmer is the
Twin Oaks
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When you think of
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scene of College Night, Concert-
Lecture programs, plays, and all
other programs by and for the stu-
dent body.
COMER HALL, named for Brax-
ton Bragg Comer, governor of Ala-
bama, 1907-11, has just been com-
pleted and is now being used as a
classroom building. It also has a
sound-proof broadcasting room for
college radio programs.
BLOCH HALL is named in honor
of Sol D. Bloch, of Camden, Ala-
bama. He was the author of the
bill which made possible the realiz-
ation of Julia Tutwiler’s dreams of
a college. Mr. Bloch served con-
tinuously on the board of trustees
from the time of its organization
until 1919. This building, which was
opened in 1915, contains classrooms
and departmental offices. Since the
completion of Comer hall, it will be
used for biology, physical science,
and home economics departments
only.
REYNOLDS HALL was erected in
1851, the lot having been donated
by Edmund King, and was named
for Captain H. C. Reynolds, the
first president of the college. Rey-
nolds hall has just been remodeled
for a Student Union building, but
it still holds the appearance of the
traditional building. It was the
scene of the majority of the cam-
pus life for many years in the be-
(Continued on page 9)
Reynolds Emerges
As Student Hall
After Remodeling
Reynolds Hall Typical
Antebellum Structure,
Becomes Student Union
It is a long, faint cry from the
halycon ante bellum days of 1851
when old Reynolds was built and
these new and pleasant uses envis-
sioned for it in 1939. The old build-
ing was put up by slave labor in
the South’s fabulous heyday. Even
the brick of Reynolds were molded
of Montevallo clay by these one-
time bondsmen. To those who loved
the old building as it was, it is
cheerful assurance that the work-
ingmen, with all their changes, are
preserving her exterior beauty in
a wise and thoughtful way. Rey-
nolds hall was erected in 1851, the
lot having been donated by Edmund
King. It is named for Captain
H. C. Reynolds, the first president
of the college. In front of this
building men from the vicinity
were mustered into service for the
War Between the States, a regi-
ment receiving here the flag made
by the women of Montevallo. It
was first the home of the Monte-
vallo Male Institute and was con-
verted by the Cumberland Presby-
terians into a high grade school
for women. Construction under way
last year has converted Reynolds
hall into a modern College Union
building.
Alumnae Committee
The alumnae committee who are
selecting the furnishings for the
College Union building, include
Miss Dawn Kennedy, Miss Martha
Allen, and Miss Nellie Mae Touch-
stone. The building is being fur-
nished in keeping with the tradi-
tion of the Old South—colonial, ex-
pressing dignity and keeping in
mind the comfort factor, yet at the
same time suggesting the modern
trend of the times today. The main
entrance opens into a reception
hall, furnished to express dignity
and stateliness. Opening off from
it is the men’s lounge, with furni-
ture upholstered in red leather, and
the Student Government office, fur-
nished in keeping with lounge and
hall. The loafing porch which one
enters from the reception hall is
appropriately set with white metal
settees, chairs, and tables. Also
downstairs is a large dining room
furnished with folding tables and
chairs. Plans have been made to
furnish the kitchen and also two
smaller dining rooms for small
parties. The postoffice and tea
(Continued on page 8)
Compliments of
Henry I. Flinn
General Contractor
40 Commerce St.
Montgomery, Ala.
Page. 6
FEBRUARY 26. 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
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School of the Air
Aids in Training
Of Students Here
Alabama College began radio
activities in 1929, following joint
purchase of Station WAPI along
with the University of Alabama and
Alabama Polytechnic institute. The
station had been owned by one of
the state institutions of higher
learning, and when it appeared
that the station would have to be
sold, the presidents of the Uni-
versity, A. P. I., and Alabama Col-
lege decided to buy it in the belief
that so valuable an educational tool
should be kept in control of edu-
cational institutions. The station
was bought with the understand-
ing that it was to be located in
Birmingham and that its power
would be increased to 50,000 watts.
Under the leadership of Dean
T. H. Napier, this college in the
spring of 1929 began a series of bi-
weekly broadcasts over WAPI. The
programs were an hour in ler^th,
and consisted chiefly of music by
the School of Music, and short
talks. There were, however, many
difficulties in transporting faculty
members, students, and such instru-
ments as bass violins from Monte-
vallo to Birmingham. Perhaps the
present remote control equipment
can be credited to minor troubles
such as the vexing problem of
finding a parking place near the
radio station. Anyway, the remote
control equipment was bought the
following year, 1930, and the col-
lege began to broadcast from the
auditorium of Palmer hall, then
just completed.
Radio Committee
Responsibility for programs has
from the first been placed in the
hands of a committee composed of
faculty members and appointed by
the president.
In August, 1932, the three insti-
tutions ceased operating WAPI and
agreed to lease it with the pro-
vision that each school be entitled
to certain hours for its broadcasts.
The records do not show just how
much time was used by the college
from 1933 to 1934, but in 1935 half-
hour Sunday broadcasts were ini-
tiated. By 1938-39 the Sunday radio
programs were virtually a tradition,
though in this year they were cut
to 15 minutes.
New Studios in Comer
With the completion of Comer
hall last month, the college boasts
a modern sound-proof studio and
control room adjacent to a small
broadcast purposes.
Comer hall, (top left), and the Li brary, showing- the new wing, (top right), are buildings frequented
most for study. Comer has just been completed and the Library has re ceived additions.
Tutwiler hall, the new dormitory, will house the seniors. Its rooming capacity is one hundred two.
Art and Music Lessons
Early in November, there was
launched the Alabama College
School of the Air. These programs
are on the air twice weekly during
the school day at 2:00 p.m. Their
appeal is for classroom groups
ranging from fourth through the
eighth grades. At present the School
of the Air offers two courses to the
school children of the state. The
art department, headed by Miss
Dawn Kennedy, and assisted by
Miss Martha Allen, Miss Margaret
Cuninggim, and Mrs. Virginia
Barnes, prepares a course known as
“Art For Fun,” which is broadcast
each Tuesday. The program-series,
known as “Learning the Language
of Music,” conducted by Mrs. Jose-
phine Waller, is broadcast each
Thursday of the school term. This
is a music participation program
designed to acquaint the young lis-
teners with many folk songs, and
to teach them to read simple melo-
dies. They play a game known as
musical shorthand which trains
them to recognize beat and pitch.
Those who plan the programs have
also prepared teacher helps and
mimeographed directions for mak-
ing the best possible use of the
studies before, during, and after
auditorium which can be used for
the broadcast.
Step-Singing
On the first Thursday of each
month at 9:00 p.m. the entire stu-
dent body of Alabama College
gathers on the steps of Main dor-
mitory for an informal songfest.
This period of “Step-Singing” is
also broadcast over Radio Station
WAPI. “Step-Singing” is traditional
on the campus. Several generations
of Montevallo girls have been com-
ing together for these carefree ses-
sions. Nearly a thousand ' voices
blend in singing songs old and new
at these sessions. “Step-Singing”
broadcasts bring the students very
pear to hundreds of Alabama fire-
sides.
Fac.ulty in the News
Faculty in the news1—let’s go to
press! Your 1939-40’s a big one for
faculty events!
New faculty members of note:
Mr. Shelby Southard, Mr. Carey
Stabler, Miss Margaret Flory, Mr.
Jack Warfield, Mrs. Zoe Carroll
Black, Miss Sara Cole, Miss Annie
Louise Pruitt, Miss Bertie McGee,
Miss Mildred Caldwell.
Ex-faculty member MISS MARY
McWILLIAMS aids Dr. Hunter Far-
rish in Rockefeller-financed histori-
cal research at Williamsburg, Vir-
ginia.
* * *
MRS. I S O B E L CAMPBELL
BRUCE has adventure on high seas
as only Alabamian on torpedoed
Athenia. Unable to resume work.
Eighteen women members of the
faculty included in current edition
of STANDARD BIOGRAPHICAL
DICTIONARY O F AMERICAN
WOMEN.
Alabama College inaugurates vo-
cational Advisory service for Ala-
bama, with MISS ROCHELLE
GACHET as director.
* * *
MISS FRANCES K. LAMAR, of
English department, contributes
several poems to new NORTH
AMERICAN VERSE, published by
Henry Harrison. MISS LAMAR fre-
quently reviews books for James'
Saxon Childers in the Sunday BIR-
MINGHAM* NEWS.
* * *
DR. HALLIE FARMER, head of
history department, elected presi-
dent of Women’s Joint Legislative;
council of Alabama, with MISSj
JOSEPHINE EDDY, of home econ-
omics department as secretary.
Saturday, Feb. 24
Joe E. Brown and Mary Carlisle
in
“Beware of Spooks”
also comedy
“Nevada Unlimited”
Sunday and Monday
Feb. 25 and 26
Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck
in
“Remember the Night”
Added: Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra
Popeye, “Never Sock a Baby”
THE'ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
; FEBRUARY 26, 1940
Page 1
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ISlptes To
Alumnae
Dr. Harman will be free all day,
both Friday and Saturday, to visit
informally with the alumnae who
come by his office. i
The annual luncheon for alum-
nae of Alabama College held during
A. E. A. will take place Friday,
March 15, at 12:30 in the Peacock
Ballroom of the Tutwiler hotel.
Price of tickets will be 75 cents.
Miss Vickery has made several
posters containing pictures of the
children of alumnae of Alabama
College. These pictures are on dis-
play in Reynolds hall near the
registration desk.
The faculty of Alabama College
has expressed its interest in help-
ing with the equipment of Reynolds
hall. A fund is now being raised for
this purpose and will be used to
help furnish the china, silver and
kitchen equipment.
Radio Broadcast
(Continued from page 6)
of a sister, daughter, or friend.
With the Alabama College School
of the Air and “Step-Singing” the
college is becoming one of the prog-
ressive schools in the state in the
field of radio activity. All the
broadcasts originating on the cam-
pus are under the general super-
vision of Miss Nora Landmark of
the speech department. She is also
offering a course in radio for col-
lege students. Miss Landmark is
also planning a serial program to
be broadcast weekly next year af-
ter the studio in Comer hall is
completely sound-proofed.
Mrs. Mrtrphy to Direct Reynolds
Activities
Mrs. Nan Coley Murphy of the
current senior class of the College
is hereby designated Assistant
House Director and assigned to
Reynolds Hall for service in this
connection.
Hours for the use of this build-
ing by the student body, faculty,
and alumnae for social purposes
will be worked out under the di-
rection of Mrs. McCoy and will be
executed by Mrs. Murphy.
The faculty and the student bo3y
are assured that the entire build-
ing is being made ready for occu-
pancy just as rapidly as possible.
A. F. HARMAN,
President.
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HOFFMAN’S
Congratulations
to
Alabama College
on its
New Buildings
Warren, Knight & Davis
Architects
Birmingham, Ala.
Hanson hall, (top left), is the junior dormitory and is named
for the late Mrs. Weenona Hanson. Ramsay hall, (right), is the
present senior house. It was named in honor of Mrs. Janet Erskine
Ramsay.
Main dormitory, (lower left), is the home of freshmen and
sophomores. It is divided into three units, connected by cross halls.
Main Dormitory Pictures Progress
Of the College During Early History
Elizabeth Haley hall, Mary Goode
Stallworth hall, Anne Kennedy
hall, and their connecting cross
halls, familiarly known as Main
dormitory, make up one of the
largest student housing units in the
state. It is the home of the fresh-
men and sophomores and the cen-
ter of campus activity.
The west wing of Main dormi-
tory is one of the early landmarks
of the school dating back to the
time of the Girls’ Technical insti-
tute. This wing, Elizabeth Haley
hall, was built in 1898; by 1908
Mary Goode Stallworth hall, east
wing, was added. A large number
of students still continued to live
in town until the annexation of
Anne Kennedy or central wing in
1902.
The students of those “good old
days” studied by oil lamps and
bathed in porcelain tubs. West
Main parlor, now a dating parlor,
was the office of the president. The
bursar’s office was in that of the
present dean of residence. The stu-
dent parlor, now used for dancing
and games, was occupied by the
library.
The sixteen years from 1904 to
1920 brought about many changes
in the development of the school
and students. Oil lamps were re-
placed by electric lighting, new
plumbing was installed, a bake
oven was added in the kitchen, and
the steam plant was remodeled. All
the rooms and halls in the wings
and cross halls were refinished, the
old hydraulic elevator replaced by
an electric one, and fire escapes
constructed.
The rooms irT Central were fur-
nished with double-decker beds,
which were replaced shortly after-
wards by single ones. It about this
time that the concrete water tower,
.which is now such a spot of beauty
and tradition, was built to serve
for the old tank on top of Main.
Main dormitory houses approxi-
mately four hundred twenty stu-
dents and contains two large dating
parlors, a reception room, dining
hall, student parlor, and a study
hall.
Dr. Harman Addresses
High School Graduates
History repeats itself for Presi-
dent Harman, but sometimes with a
new twist.
Some years ago Arthur Fort Har-
man stood before a commencement
audience in thei high school at Lex-
ington, South Carolina, to receive
his diploma. This year, on May 28,
he will stand before another com-
mencement audience in that school,
but not as a schoolboy. He will be
President Arthur Fort Harman of
Alabama College, delivering the ad-
dress which will end the high
school careers of a number of boys
and girls.
Another unusual twist to this oc-
casion is the fact that the prin-
cipal of the Lexington high school
is M. Odelle Harman—but of no re-
lation to our Dr. Harman.
Page 8
FEBRUARY 26. 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
King House History
Intrigues Minds
Of Campus Visitors
Elvery freshman on entering col-
lege is taken on a tour of the cam-
pus which always includes King
house, the oldest building on the
campus. This house was built as a
dwelling by the King family in 1823.
Then people came from far and
near to spend the day and view the
marvels of a brick house, and one
with glass windows! For this house
was the first brick one in Shelby
county and had the first glass win-
dows of any house in this section of
the state.
When the last of the King sons
died, King house was sold to the
Nabors. For this reason, it is some-
times called Nabors hall. When the
college was built in 1886, the state
wanted to buy King house for the
college. It was sold about 1898 and
remodeled for use as an office
building. Since that time it has
again been remodeled and made
into a modem building with a hot
air furnace. However, all of the
original windows that were not
broken were left intact.
Offices of King House
The King house offices of mem-
bers of the psychology faculty, in-
cluding that of Dr. Minnie L. Steck-
el, student counselor. Upstairs there
are numerous small rooms and of-
fices used for intelligence te’sting
of college, high school, and ele-
mentary school children.
Rumors of the building’s being
haunted are used in one of the
chief amusements of upperclass-
men—that of teasing and scaring
new students. The King cemetery
near the house adds much to the
color and vividness of such tales.
Reynolds Hall
(Continued from page 5)
room open off the right of the loaf-
ing porch. The tea room, furnished
by the Y. W. C. A., is in keeping
with the times with modernistic
tables and chairs in red and blue
colors. Reynolds theatre, upstairs,
has been furnished by the alum-
nae with chairs and a blue velour
front curtain for the stage. After
nearly a century of service, Rey-
nolds will gather itself into many
of the miscellaneous activities of
college life that have long needed
a permanent and suitable home.
The alumnae office is located here,
as well as quarters for student or-
ganizations in the form of offices,
committee rooms, a large assembly
room, and a beauty parlor.
King House (top), is
famous largely for the
fact that it was the first
house in this part of
the state to have glass
windows. Today it Is the
office of the psychol-
ogy depart m e n t and
the student counselor.
Bloch hall (bottom),
is being devoted to
science departments
since the completion of
Comer hall. It houses
the home economics
department, and the
biology and science de-
partments.
Elite Night History Shows Seven Years
Of Progress in Selection of Favorites
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Dial 4961
Seven years ago on the night of
December 7, 1933, the TECHNALA
staff sponsored the first Elite Night
performance, an idea of a new way
to conduct the usual “Who’s Who”
election.
The first performance was in the
form of a fanciful pageant entitled
“Tinkle Bell and the Elves,” or
“What Happens When Alabama
College Goes Highbrow.” The set-
ting was dotted with real fairies and
elves. Candidates for Elite Night
stepped into the scene from the
pages of a fairy TECHNALA. The
nominees, the first ladies of the
college, represented Miss Alabama
College, Society Woman, Athlete/
Business Woman, Artist, Actress,
Writer, and Musician.
That first Elite Night program
marked the beginning of our an-
nual program when the campus
“Who’s Who” are chosen to be pic-
tured in a section of the TECH-
NALA, the yearbook.
Several years later the candidates
to be chosen were slightly changed.
Students were nominated for Miss
Alabama College, Executive, Writer,
Musician, Sophistication, Artist,
Actress, and Athlete. Last year a
new title was added to the group—
that of Hostess.
This year a student was selected
for Scientist to take the place of
Sophistication.
Spring Fashions
Are Brightly Styled
A feature of Montevallo and
therefore of Alabama College is
The Little Shop of Personal Ser-
vice, owned and operated by Miss
Ethel Reasoner, who always finds
time to give her thoughtful aid to
girls in selection of clothes, gifts,
and novelties in which her shop
deals.
Miss Reasoner personally selects
a great part of her stock and car-
ries nationally advertised brands.
This spring’s collection includes
blouses ranging from the smoothly
tailored to the fluffy core-trimmed
and jaboted variety. Sweaters in
old pastels and white can be had
in “Gone With the Wind” styles or
other cotton-rayon mixes and light
weight woolens. A great variety of
bright spring dresses deck the racks
at the Tittle Shop.
In the underwear line, the Little
Shop features Vanity Fair gar-
ments, slips, panties, brassieres, and
gowns to match in tailored or sissy
styles. Gossard foundations are
ready to mold your figure to fit
your gay spring dress or sleek coat.
Archer hosiery, the only truly
southern-made and southern-retail
hose on the market, will flatter
your underpinnings with their new,
lighter, and pinker shades.
The most varied department of
the Little Shop is the gift and ac-
cessory section. There are1 exquisite-
ly printed linen handkerchiefs as
well as bright squares for wearing
on the head or as a scarf. All va-
rieties of socks gladden the eye of
the girl who needs a new pair.
Evening handkerchiefs, hair orna-
ments, and delicate compacts are
handy for special occasions. Also
a wide selection of fine linens, table
pieces, and wall plaques is available.
The latest books make grand read-
ing as well as lovely gifts.
Miss Reasoner is happy to have
you go in and look around even
though you are not planning to
make purchases.
Interest Added
To College Studies
By New Faculty
Every year when students return
to school from their summer vaca-
tions, they find new developments
in the curriculum and changes in
the general set-up, all of which
have to live down the former sit-
uation and adjust the students to
a new one.
This year, among the new fresh-
men who began their college careers
there were a number of other new
faces—those of new faculty mem-
bers who have now become a very
definite, necessary part of our ev-
eryday college experiences.
Mrs. Zoe Carroll Black was added
to the biology department and is
now a “much-quoted” figure of the
campus. Dr. Black came to us from
Maryville college, Maryville, Ten-
nessee. She received her bachelor’s
as well as her doctor’s degree from
Duke university.
Miss Mildred L. Caldwell (on her
put-put) came from Huntsville,
Alabama, and took up the tedious
job of replacing Miss Edith Lind-
berg who was married last summer.
The physical education department,
and the majors as well as the other
students, have accepted her, and
agree that she has “taken her
place.” Miss Caldwell received her
bachelor of science degree from
Peabody college. She has studied
modern dancing in Dresden, Ger- •
many. She was formerly head of
the physical education department
of Athens college.
Mr. JaCk W. Warfield entered as
instructor in dramatics, took all
the “cracks’’ usually made to young,
unmarried professors in a girls’
college with good spirit, and has
outdone the best in his excellent
production of plays.
Mr. Warfield received his bache-
lor of arts degree from the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin and his mas-
ter’s degree from the University of
Minnesota. He is a member of Na-
tional Collegiate Players and has
directed the Pasadena Players.
Mr. Warfield made his name with
his overwhelming success in the
freshman play. Since that time, his
advice and assistance in the field
of dramatics has been accepted as
vital.
Miss Margaret Flory came to
live down the name of Miss Eleanor
Rennie, instructor in speech, who
was married during the summer.
Her selection, direction, and produc-
tion of the serious play, “Romances
by Emma,” was such a “grand
slarh” that the juniors are clamor-
ing to be in her next production,
“Double Doors.”
Miss Flory, of Bainsbridge, Ohio,
received her master’s degree from
(Continued on page 12)
Sheaffer Fountain Pens
Nunnally's Candies
Stationery with
College Monogram
Hamburgers, Sandwiches
Wilson Drug Company
Dial 5411—On the Corner
A Shade for Every Taste
Bright tulip tones
Demure pastels
Prints as gay as a flower garden
The well-groomed foundation
that comes only from
Gossard and Vanity Fair
Even the stockings have spring
in them if they're
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The UTTLE SHOP OF PERSONAL SERVICE
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THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College FEBRUARY 26, 1940 Page
The Field House began its existence as an airplane hangar, but after it was purchased by the college
changes were made to produce a modern physical education building.
Campus
(Continued from page 5)
ploying her knowledge of drama she
is author of the Gold stunt which
“is one of the things the Golds
are positive will win College
Night.” She’s taking a big part in
dramatics too, to show she was not
ill-chosen.
Musician
Edith Dees, campus musician, is
one of the prides of the Purples.
Directing her efforts along lines of
music, Edith has taken an impor-
tant part in planning the special
music and in helping the Purples
“put over” their pep and slow
songs. MUSIC and DEES are syn-
onyms in our own college diction-
ary.
Writer
The Golds would be lost, and in-
complete without the aid of Madie
Belle Ward, writer and author of
the impersonation. Hers is another
pride which “will win for the
Golds,” (if they win).
Scientist, Athlete
The last two of our Elite haven’t
had a chance to prove that they’re
worth their titles as far as College
Night is concerned. Amanda Keelyn,
scientist, still conducting her scien-
tific research on butterflies, and
Mary Ravenscroft, athlete, cannot
doctor and exercise College Night
participants. However, they have
not been found lacking and they
are indispensable additions to the
Purples and Golds, respectively, and
they’ll be on hand to revive the
swooning losers on Saturday night
with their smelling salts and arti-
ficial respiration.
THANKS TO MISS KENNEDY
The Alumnae asso c i a t i o n
wishes to express its apprecia-
tion to Miss Dawn Kennedy,
chairman of the Committee for
furnishing Reynolds Hall, and
to Miss Martha Allen and Miss
Nellie Mae Touchstone for the
splendid job they have done
with the alumnae fund to be
used for this purpose.
(Continued from page 5)
ginning of the college.
CALKINS MUSIC HALL, which
contains the office of the director
of the school of music, classrooms,
studio practice rooms, and a recital
hall, was completed in 1917. It was
named in memory of the late
Charles Rendell Calkins, director of
music from 1913-1920.
The location of Calkins was based
on a plan made by Levitt, a land-
scape architect, who came to' the
campus from New York. The plan
of Calkins allowed for its enlarge -
ment toward the back but it has
never been changed.
Before the erection of Calkins,
the music department was in a
frame building back of Reynolds.
This building was composed of
small studios, each Of which con-
tained a fireplace and chimney.
THE FIELD HOUSE, completed
in 1938, is the center of activity for
the department of health and phys-
ical education. The building is on
the lower campus by the new play-
ing fields. It contains a large gym-
nasium floor, locker rooms, lounges
and faculty offices. All the class and
school dances are held in the Field
House throughout the year.
THE LIBRARY, where “know-
ledge 4s power,” was dedicated in
1923, and contains the librarian’s
office, cataloguing rooms, a stock
room and a reading room with
seating capacity of 150. The library
now has approximately 95.000 ac-
cessioned volumes. The collection
is classified by the Dewey decimal
system and is classified by author,
title and subject matter. The library
receives 267 periodicals, the greater
number of which are indexed in
the Art Index, the Reader’s Guide.
Education Index, or the Interna-
tional Index.
Under recent construction, the
periodical reading room has been
moved downstairs opposite the
reading room. The most unique fea-
ture is the outdoor reading roof.
The three dormitories, Main,
Hanson, and Ramsay, are the
homes of students who attend the
college. MAIN comprises three dis-
tinct units connected by cross halls.
The three wings are named for
distinguished teachers who served
the institution for many years. The
east wing is known as Mary Goode
Stallworth hall; the central wing is
Anne Kennedy hall, the west wing
as Elizabeth Haley hall. The dormi-
tory contains parlors, reception
halls, dining halls, and rooms for
approximately four hundred ttaen-
ty students.
HANSON HALL, the junior dor-
mitory, is named for Mrs. Weenona
Hanson, the late wife of Mr. Vic-
tor Hanson, publisher of the BIR-
MINGHAM NEWS-AGE-HERALD,
who contributed substantially to-
ward its erection in 1929. It ac-
commodates approximately one
hundred ninety students.
RAMSAY HALL, named for Mrs.
Janet Erskine Ramsay, the mother
of Mr. Erskine Ramsay, of Birming-
ham, who gave $100,000 to its erec-
tion, is the present home of the
senior class. It was occupied first
in 1925 and accommodates approxi-
mately one hundred twenty stu-
dents.
TUTWILER HALL, the new dor-
mitory still under construction, is
named for Julia Strudwick Tutwiler,
who was the first elected president
of the college, though she resig
ed before the opening day. Tut
wiler hall provides a modern resi-
dence for one hundred two students,
It contains two large parlors, six
smaller parlors, two guest rooms,
and recreational rooms.
PETERSON HALL was dedicated,
May 18, 1914, to Dr. Francis Marion
Peterson, minister and educator,
scholar and second president of the
college—then the Alabama Girls’
Industrial school. Peterson hall oc-
cupies about the site of the old
Major Strong home which was
moved for its erection. The build-
ing has served as the campus in-
firmary since being built, except
for the few years that Dr. Palmer
resided there after his home burn-
ed. Before the erection of Peterson
hall, the second floor west wing-
served as an infirmary. Later it
was moved to the King house and
from there to its present home.
The KING HOUSE, erected in
1823, was the “mansion house” of
the first owner of the land on which
the college is built. Now used for
offices of the student counselor
and members of the psychology de-
partment, King house is said to be
the first brick house and the first
with glass windows in this part of
the state.
Other buildings such as the presi-
dent’s house, on Flower Hill, sociol-
ogy building, Storr’s residence, laun-
dry and power plant, comprise the
remainder of the much beloved Ala-
bama College.
SOCIOLOGIST VISITS CAMPUS
Miss Gertrude Springer, staff
member of Survey Graphic maga-
zine, visited the sociology depart-
ment Monday, February 19. She
was accompanied by Miss Dora
Bender a field representative of the
State Department of Public Wel-
fare. A conference was held with
Miss Springer and the junior and
senior students in social work.
Mrs. Margaret H. Walburn, coun-
ty director of public welfare, at-
tended the conference, accompanied
by Miss Pope Byrd, special child-
ren’s worker, Miss Jeanette Niven,
and Miss Nell Jones.
★ is proud of the part its fashion shops
have played in making College Night the
pageant of beauty it will be.
PIZITZ thanks the students who accepted
the invitation to prepare their College
Night wardrobes at its store, and invites
all students, their parents and their
friends to make liberal use of the tre-
mendous advantages in shopping at . . .
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FEBRUARY 26. 1940
THE ‘ ALABAMIAN,1 Alabama College
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ormer Leaders, Assistants, Student
Government Presidents Introduced
In Feature of College Night Program
One of the features of the College Night performance for this year is
that part of the program in which old leaders and assistants of former
College Nights and former presidents of the Student Government asso-
ciation will be introduced. The sides are competing in seeing who will
have the greater number of old leaders to return, Purples or Golds.
Following is a list of leaders and assistants dating as far back as 1921:
1901--------Ora Swann (Mrs. Hugh Neighbors)________________Purple
192 1_________Lillian Sharpley (not in file)______________________Gold
192 2________Louise Willingham (not in file)___________________Purple
192 2________Bessie Padgett (Mrs. Frank Luttrell)______________Gold
192 3________Charlotte Leeper (not in file)_____________________Purple
1923--------Emma Jean Collins (Mrs. Earl Edwards)__________Gold
1926--------Joyce Jackson (Mrs. William Alker)__._____________Purple
192 5--------Hazel Black (Mrs. Joseph Davis)__________________Gold
192 6________Margaret Grayson (not in file)____________________Purple
192 6---------Mildred Gilchrist (Mrs. Hugh Hurst)_______________Gold
192 7--------Ina Mae Malone (Mrs. F. Laira Pickard)__________Purple
192 7--------Gladys Waldrop (not in file)______________________Gold
192 8________Let Jones DeShazo (Mrs. G. S. DeShazo)__________Purple
Janet Wilson (Mrs. Thomas Reid)________________Purple
192 8--------Alice Lowery (Mrs. John Nell Leach)____________Gold
Frances Loftin (Mrs. Thomas Shutts)____________Gold
192 9________Mary Gloster (Mrs. Derry Bird)__________________Purple
Janet Wilson (Mrs. Thomas Reid)___________________Purple
192 9--------Margaret Farish (not in file)______________________Gold
Laurice Butler (Mrs. Thomas Wathall)____________Gold
193 0________Janet Cilson (Mrs. Thomas Reid)________________Purple
Mabel Peters (Mrs. George Richardson)____________Purple
193 0--------Florence Stevens (Mrs. C. C. Cottingham)________Gold
Dora Little (Mrs. Leslie Stewart)__________________Gold
193 1--------Bell McCall Hord (deceased)______________________Purple
Rachel Bradnox (not in files)_____________________Purple
193 1________Dora Little (Mrs. Leslie Stewart) ^_______-_________Gold
Dorothy Kitchens___________________________________Gold
193 2________Dorothy Kitchens___________________________________Gold
Ammi Copeland______________________________________Gold
1932__:------Mabel Peters (Mrs. George Richardson)____________-Purple
Annie Seay Owens___________________________________Purple
193 3--------Alva Craig Kendrick (Mrs. .John A. Wolf)__________Purple
Ammi Copeland (Mrs. Scott Ellington)_______________Purple
193 3--------Floyce Griffin (Mrs. Horace Hunt)_________________Gold
Lucy Lee Pruitt (not fci files)_______________________Gold
193 4--------Cherokee Shirley (Mrs. J. Lake Parker III)_________Purple
Eunice Thomas (Mrs. W. H. Clingo)________________Purple
193 4--------Margaret Coley (Mrs. W. Thomas Hendon)__________Gold
Eleanor Rennie (Mrs. Roswell Falkenljprry)__________Gold
,1935--------Ellis Ayres Burns (Mrs. Lee Eighmy)____________Purple
Aeolean McRee____________________________._________Purple
193 5________Isabel Henderson____________________________________Gold
Eleanor Watson_______________________________________Gold
193 6--------Mary Nell Kendrick_________________________________Purple
Willie Mae Hill____________:__________________________Purple
193 6--------Helen Hewell (Mrs. David McGonigle)__.l__________Gold
Aileen Holley (Mrs. Frank Perkins) __________________Gold
193 7________Aeolian McRee______________________________________Purple
Emily McLendon____________________________________Purple
193 7--------Aileen Holley (Mrs. Frank Perkins)________________Gold
Martha Nicolson________________________^___________Gold
193 8________Frances Cumbee____________________________________Purple
Nell Chappell-------------------------------------Purple
193 8________Martha Nicolson_____________________________________Gold
Sara Frances Whiteside_____________________________Gold
193 9--------Ruth Rice___________________________________________Purple
Marinelle Oliver_________________________________^—Purple
1939________Modeska Kirksey____________________________________Gold
Jean Watson________________________________________Gold
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Faculty-Alumnae Committee
Active in all alumnae activities
which have taken place on the
Alabama College campus during the
last year has been the Faculty-
Alumnae committee under the
chairmanship of Miss Eloise Mer-
oney.
This group has assisted with plans
for Founders Day, the conference
of alumnae chapter delegates held
in the fall, the A. E. A. luncheon
last spring, Homecoming at College
Night. They have also helped with
plans for equipping Reynolds hall.
Welcome, College Girls and Visitors
Look your best
Life is short
Two Comedies Lead
Picture Programs
At Strand Theatre
College Glee Club Members ‘Prefer Miami
Climate to Alabama’s Sleet and Snow
Rumor hath it—and that’s about
all—that the Glee club’s recent
trip to Florida changed its ideas
somewhat.
The chief idea thought up- was
that Alabama College should De
moved to Florida—not because Ala-
bama isn’t a nice place, but be-
cause in Florida you pick your own
oranges off the trees and cocoanuts
fall off the trees into your hands,
almost.
Another feature which the Glee
Club likes about Florida is the
warm weather. Ignoring the fact
that the club made its trip during
Florida’s coldest weather in fOrtv
\
years, spring clothes were the cus-
tom and the ocean looked perfect
for bathing.
Submarine Inspection
The twenty-eight girls furthered
their education by a thorough in-
spection of a submarine stationed
in Miami. The officers refused to
submerge the submarine to still fur-
ther educate the girls, because the
water was only fifteen feet deep in
that particular spot and no mat-
ter how much submerging was done,
the submarine would still have
been above water in places.
Tops among strange sights dur-
ing the trip was the visit to the
Marine studios south of St. Aug-
ustine. This aquarium is known all
over the world for the fact that it
contains almost every form of sea
life, in conditions natural to fish.
The visitors arrived at supper-
time—suppertime for the fish, that
is—and watched the process of a
diver’s entrance into the deep water
of the tank to hand out little fish
to the big fish. Everybody enjoyed
the spectacle, including the fish.
Miami Concerts
However, the entire trip was not
a sightseeing tour. Some very
serious singing was done. Two con-
certs at the University of Miami
and a sacred service at the Central
Baptist Church filled the bill in
Miami. Then as the club traveled
north on its way home concerts
ice and the Glee club wished it
could be back among the palm trees
and orange groves,
were given in northern Florida and
south Alabama.
Some “extra - curricular” con-
certs were given during the long
rides on the bus. Skillfully conduct-
ed by Barbara Sims, such songs as
“Oh, Johnny” and “The Three
Little Fishes” received their due
attention. Such “crescendos” and
“diminuendos” have never been
sung before and probably never
will again. Mr. LeBaron almost of-
fered to resign—but not quite.
Trips come and trips go, and this
one finally had to go, too. College
Night without the Glee club would
still be College Night, but not as
much so. So, the trip ended in
Montevallo among all the snow and
REMEMBER THE NIGHT —Sun-
day and Monday.
A touching story that doesn’t get
sticky, a picture of crime that
doesn’t get dirty—these character-
ize “Remember the Night” to ap-
pear here Sunday and Monday. This
movie will be immensely popular
with audiences for its stark simpli-
city yet interesting complexity of
life. ,
Barbara Stanwyk takes the part
of a poor girl who stole a bracelet.
Her trial was deferred until after
Christmas. Fred MacMurray, as-
sistant to the district attorney,
feeling very Christmasy, puts up
bond for the girl he plans to pop
in the big hoosegow after Christ-
mas.
The next step in their progress is
the trip to Indiana. Fred, planning
to go to his home in Indiana for
the holidays, leams that Barbara’s
home town is also in that state. He
offers to drop her off on his way
home. Barbara’s mother doesn't
want to see her, so Fred takes her
to his own home town.
Nature takes its course from here
on, with the law intervening at the
time of the trial, but always with
one objective for the two star-
marked people.
* * *
CONGO MAISIE — Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Rapping, snorting, vivacious, live-
ly “Maisie” returns, this time in
the Congo, land of the Mumbo
Jumbo. And she even goes so far as
to use a little of her own Mumbo
Jumbo, when she smothers a native
rebellion.
We first catch Maisie (Ann So th-
em, of course) slipping out a ho-
tel window to evade a board bill.
She stows away on a Congo-bound
steamer. After all sorts of nauti-
cal adventures common to stow-
aways; Maisie, with the others on
board, arrives in the Congo where
she adds to her list of experiences.
Maisie does a good turn by stop-
ping the planter from wooing the
doctor’s wife. She courageously
serves as pinch-hitting nurse in an
emergency operation. The climax
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Flower Hill (above),
the home of President
and Mrs. A. F. Harman.
One of the newer struc-
tures, this is also one
of the most beautiful
Peterson hall (below),
houses the infirmary
where all the students
go to have their aches
and pains removed.
Celia Finds Life
As President
full of Worries
“The biggest activity of the year?
^Catching—” Celia Methvin, presi-
dent of the Student Government
association, rumpled her hair with
afL air of “what’s-the-use-of-it-
air—-and suddenly laughed.
“Quoting from the Student Hand-
book, page 19, ‘The students of
Alabama College, believing that
there is dignity and honor in stu-
dent government, desire individual
and collective responsibility for
conduct of students in their college
life.
“ ‘They, therefore, petition the
president and faculty for legisla-
tive, executive, and judicial control
over campus problems. They ask:
“ ‘1. The right to make regula-
tions, to control quiet and decorum,
and the power to enforce these
rules.
“ *2. The right to create such or-
ganization as is necessary for the
promotion of student government.
“ ‘By authority of the president
and faculty—’
“Etc. to be simple and direct, the
activities of the Student Govern-
ment association have all been di-
rected toward an attempt to keep
the ‘children’ happy, and on the
straight and narrow.”
Celia’s Theory
Celia has planned and conducted
all her organizations and activities
under the theory that if students
have something to do, they will
keep on the right path—that it is
the lack of something to occupy
one’s time that leads to a detour
from the right direction.
Feeling most of all the repressed
social situation, especially with the
opposite sex, the association has
concentrated its activities largely
on this phase.
“At present we are trying to for-
mulate a plan wnereby we may
provide more wholesome, enjoyable
! activities for dates — dances on
weekends, games, bridge, and other
activities which will make for more
casual, friendly relationships.”
Numberless Activities
The activities of the association
are numberless. They began with
; the opening of school, the orienta-
tion week, and continued o n
through student body meetings ev-
ery other Tuesday night, the
solemn-faced, purple-robed execu-
tives’ meetings, Thank s g i v i n g,
Christmas, exams, and finally—
College Night, an all-student act-
( ivity.
The association is making big
plans for this College Night. Thougn
there are only a few minor changes
in the proceedings, such as that of
having the leaders announce their
own stunts and impersonations,
this hopes to be our biggest and
’best performance ever. - But that
will come, not from me, but from
the entire Student Government as-
sociation.”
Keeping Down Friction
' “But. getting back to our other
activities—what do you think they
are? Do you agree with me that
the really biggest problem and
work of the Student Government
association is keeping down fric-
tion?”
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comes when she does a little hip -
flinging, Broadway magic and
what-not to charm the jungle witcn
doctors and their angry tribes.
Don’t let Maisie and her amus-
ing adventures pass you by, “Laugh,
clown, laugh!!”
* * *
THE LIGHT THAT FAILED—
Thursday and Friday.
A strong story maae into a great
picture describes “The Light That
Failed,” to be presented here next
Thursday and Friday. Ronald Col-
man shows his infallible skill to
make Rudyard Kipling’s great story
what it should be.
Ronald Colman and Walter Hus-
ton are war correspondents, with
Colman the artist of the outfit. He
is working on a masterpiece when
he learns he is going blind. Colman
works intensely to finish his great
effort before darkness comes. When
he has finished the masterpiece
and after blindness has overtaken
him, Colman’s model unintention-
ally destroys the masterpiece. For a
long time this is kept from Colman,
but when he finds it out he goes to
the front and is killed in a cavalry
attack.
In this drama Ronald Colman
does a most remarkable piece of
acting from beginning to end with-
out one moment of let-up. He is
matched with Walter Huston, Ida
Lupino, and Dudley Digges. They
all combine to make a picture to
be remembered for many moons.
Coming Soon
The Strand theatre has many
fine pictures on its bill for the near
future. Alice Faye, Fred MacMur-
ray and Richard Greene will play
in “Little Old New York,” in which
you’ll have an opportunity to view
the metropolis in those boisterous,
romantic days when it was new and
life was really worth living. The
j fastest-moving picture of the year
describes “His Girl Friday,” another
comer soon. Rosalind Russell, girl
I reporter, and Cary Grant make this
a movie with a gag a minute. “She
Shop Around the Corner,” Jimmy
Stewart’s and Maggie Sullivan’s
pleasantly continental comedy, is
scheduled for the near future.
Carole Lombard, Brian Aherne,
and Anne Shirley will star in “Vigil
in the Night,” taken from A. J.
Cronin’s powerful novel of the same
name. Charles Laughton is superior
in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,”
taken from Victor Hugo’s superior
book. Laughton pla>s admirably the
“pitiful, colorful idiot of the bell
tower, who found in his warped
soul a quality called compassion,
which made him one of the single
lights feebly shining in the Dark
Ages.”
News in Brief
The members of the Lindy Heflin
unit in Birmingham are preparing
a cookbook for public sale, proceeds
of which are going to scholarships
for girls attending Alabama College.
The frontispiece of the book is an
artist’s line drawing of Palmer hall
which was executed in the offices
of Warren, Knight, and Davis, Bir-
mingham architectural firm. The
Lindy Heflin unit has maintained
scholarship at the college for wor-'
thy girls for some time. Some of the
winners of these scholarships have
been among the most outstanding
students who have enrolled in re-
cent years.
* * *
College Night is “big news” in the
state this week-end. High represen-
tatives from newspapers all over
the state will be here to take pic-
tures and write up the perform-
ances.
* » m
George Nagel, state editor of the
BIRMINGHAM NEWS; Ollie At-
kins, of the BIRMINGHAM POST;
Ed Dannelly, of the ALABAMA
JOURNAL, will come to see what
there is to see.
* * *
Betty Birmingham, fashion ex-
pert for the BIRMINGHAM NEWS,
will cast an observing eye over stu-
dent fashions, and Gretchen Gray,
children’s editor for the NEWS is
coming for the fun of it.
Mrs. Nan Coley Murphy of the
current senior class has been as-
signed by President A. F. Harman
to Reynolds hall where she will be
assistant house director.
Crook Week Is
School T radition
To Worry Juniors
When juniors reach the point
ip. their college careers when it
seems fitting to assume the weighty
role of seniors, they must establish
their fitness for the honor by find-
ing the Crook.
The Crook is no ordinary stick.
It is a symbol of responsibility and
superiority in every campus act-
ivity. The custom of finding the
Crook in order to "become seniors
was originated by the Senate in
1926, and placed in the hands of
each senior class.
Three weeks before the close of
the scholastic year, a Crook court is
called. Seniors in their caps and
gowns, march into Palmer hall
while juniors, demoted to freshman
rank, stand to do them honor. With
the senior class president presiding,
the victims receive instructions as
to boundaries for searching and
duties for performing during the
week.
During the nerve-racking per-
iod of search, the lowly freshmen
must rise promptly at 5 a.m., con-
tinue the hunt till breakfast, and
throughout the day for as many
days as are necessary to find the
sacred symbol.
When the Crook is at last snatch-
ed from its hiding place, bedlam
reigns while the happy pair who
found it are crowned heroines of
Crook Week at an impromptu cere-
mony.
The seniors call final court on the
day after the Crook is found. When
the victims are subjected to their
last punishment in the painful
ritual of becoming seniors, the
senior class ring and pin are pre-
sented to the succeeding class presi-
dent.
Forensic Teams
Schedule Debates
The Presbyterian college of Clin-
ton, South Carolina, will visit the
campus Friday, March 1, for two
debates. The first debate will be
with their affirmative team and our
negative team composed of Sara
Peck Weaver and Yenna York.
The second debate with the South
Carolinians will be at 7:30 p.m. Our
affirmative team, Sara Rumbly and
Annie Mae Paulk, will contest their
negative team.
Women versus women will be the
theme of the debate with M. S. C.
W., Tuesday, March 12. Following
that will be two debates with Wash-
ington and Jefferson university on
March 20.
All debates will be held in Comer
lecture room.
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FEBRUARY 26, 1940
New Faculty
(Continued from page 8)
the University of Ohio where she
was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Students as well as faculty were
loath to give up the much loved,
dynamic Miss Mary McWilliams,
associate professor in history. In
her place, Mr. Carey V. Stabler, of
Greenville, Alabama, has carried on
the work and commanded an ad-
miration and respect of the stu-
dents which equals Miss McWil-
liams’.
Mr. Stabler is working on his
doctorial dissertation during this
year. His classes are as interest-
ing and as well-liked as they are
hard.
♦ * •
Miss Sara Cole, assistant librar-
ian, is with the college staff.
Miss Cole attended Hendricks
college, the library school at the
University of Illinois. Miss Cole has
taught in the high school at Con-
way, Arkansas, where she was li-
brarian.
• * *
Miss Annie Louise Pruitt came
on an emergency call, when Mrs.
Isobel Bruce, of the sociology de-
partment, a victim of the war-at-
sea, was injured during her return
from Scotland, her native home.
Miss Pruitt is former director of
social service for WPA in Mobile.
A graduate of Huntingdon college,
she has made a special study at
Tulane university, and is well
known for her welfare work in
Pike and Walker counties.
i * * *
Miss Helen Parks “crept” into the
physical science department and
has concentrated her time to reliev-
ing the congested freshman classes.
She was here before anyone knew
it and walked around several days
unnoticed. Her reward has been
the love, respect and admiration of
every student, including those with
whom she has no direct contact.
* * -i"
Overcoming the memory, the
name, the fondness everyone l^ld
for Mr. Charles G. Dobbins; keep-
ing up and increasing the publicity
of the school; and acting as ad-
viser to student publications has
been the tireless job of Mr. Shelby
Southard, executive secretary of the
college. Thankless as it was at the
beginning, Mr. Southard has be-
come “one of us” and his advice is
not only taken but it’s found worth
heeding.
Mr. Southard is a former southern
correspondent for TIME magazine
and editor of the Guidebook of Ala-
bama. He was editor of the col-
lege newspaper at Birmingham -
Southern college, where he received
his bachelor of arts degree.
Now that our new faculty has
“stepped into the boots” of and
blacked out the memories of those
former members, they have become
a definite “cornerstone” in the
building and living of the college.
THE ALABAMIAN* Alabama College
A. A. U. W.
The regular monthly meeting of
A. A. U. W. will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday,, February 27. Mr. Sidney
Wahl Little, of the Alabama Poly-
technic Institute, will speak.
Since Mr. Little will bring several
drawings and a series of reproduc-
tions to illustrate his lecture, the
meeting will be held in the Art
Department, Bloch Hall.
The grove of trees northwest of Palmer hall is the ideal spot for a hiding place for the Crook—which
is where it was thoroughly hidden last spring.
"Ingram” and Willie,” Last Year’s
Lucky Juniors, Disclose Deep Secret in
Story, "How We Found the Crook”
By Frances Williams
and Virginia Ingram
Forget last year’s Crook Week?
Could you forget having to go
around like an Indian with his
war-paint on? Getting up in the
middle of night? Making a sap out
of yourselves before people you
would like to impress? The excite-
ment of being the two out of 120
who accomplished a seemingly im-
possible task—finding the crook?
We’ll never forget it. Let’s see,
it ail began with a mass meeting,
Monday at twelve o’clock—and a
senior read the rules, laws and
special assignments—one especially,
“Virginia Ingram, stand up. (in a
particularly gruff voice). You will
parade the front of Ramsay every
morning and keep these rats, the
so-called juniors, from making noise
and disturbing their superiors, the
seniors. Sit down!”
A whole crowd of us started
working together. We were a sad
looking bunch, I know. The first
day was that war-paint and then
those stocking caps all down over
our heads—there wasn’t even any
room for individuality. And Peter
Rabbit (Louise Gause), and Fanny
Norton—we’ll never forget them.
We couldn’t get away from those
seniors for a second. The first time
we tried to go to the tea room we
had to stop and they called on
“Rat Virginia Ingram, lead the
group in saying the greeting, speech
chorus style.” And the greeting got
you all twisted up when you tried
to remember it—
“We, most unworthy rats, greet
thee, most omnipotent, omniscient
and omnipresent seniors, and make
humble apologies for our most mis-
erable existence.”
And they were miserable, too—
and all those crazy things we had
to do—Dickie McKinnon auctioned
off the TOWER to a group of sym-
pathetic freshmen; Louise “smell-
ing like a polecat;” Amand and Wei-
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come’s foot race.
And all that time we were sup-
posed to be finding the crook. We
had until Wednesday at 5 o’clock,
so there wasn’t any time to lose.
We decided to work together, not
that we thought we’d ever find that
piece of precious wood. As a matter
of fact, neither of us had ever been
particularly good at finding Easter
eggs even.
Well, by Tuesday night, all our
clues had been false, and we were
pretty much discouraged over the
whole thing and disgusted with the
seniors. We’d bit on every hint,
gullible rats that we were; we’d
braved the danger of snakes out
past the archery range; we’d moved
the ground and skinned up every-
thing that looked like a tree on
the campus, following imaginary
crooks; we’d even dug in the dirt—
once we even climbed on top of
Ramsay dormitory and found that
we were poking at a piece of wire.
Personally, both of us decided
that we’d been badly fooled, that
there was no such thing as a crook.
Finally, as a last resort, we de-
cided to go back to childish super-
stitions — we worked the Ouija
board. It was an exciting moment
to watch it spell “O-n t-o-p o-f
t-h-e L-i-b-r-a-r-y.”
Wednesday morning, had you
been up at that time, you could
have seen the two stealthy, war-
painted Indian creeping down-
stairs at 4 o’clock in the morning.
Our Indian senses failed us, how-
ever, for the group of seniors we
met coming to waken the rats took
us by surprise and kinda tore up
our party.
But the most excitement was
when we really found the crook.
Wait, we’ll take it from Ingram’s
diary. “Because it was the last day,
the seniors decided they’d stop
speaking to us until we either did
or didn’t find the crook within
the specified time.
“After breakfast I was going to
Palmer through the grove and I
noticed the tree over by the King
house. Willie had just gone to Ram -
say. I decided to climb up the tree
and look the situation over—really
more to rest and get away from
it all than anything else. And
there it was, tied on the limb with
a piece of wire. I almost had it
undone before I had the presence
of mind to holler and tell anyone
else. The first person I saw was
Amand Palmer; I later thought
this very significant because a little
while before she’d stood under that
tree and said ‘If I were hiding it,
I’d put it on one of those branches
up there.’ It’s the last tree I’ll
ever climb.”
Where will we hide it? We would-
n’t tell you, but gosh, don’t we wish
we knew!
Iona Logie Advises
Women Journalists
“Women have entered the field
of journalism to such an extent
that their growing share of work
warrants disinterested inqu i r y.”
Thus, Iona Robertson Logie sums
up the reason for the writing of her
new book, CAREERS FOR WOMEN
IN JOURNALISM, which is a “com-
posite picture of eight hundred
eighty-one salaried women writers
at work in journalism, advertising,
publicity, and promotion.”
Miss Logie seeks to answer some
of the many questions which young
women ask concerning journalism
as a vocation—what kind of jobs
they can expect, what salaries,
whether marriage will combine with
journalistic careers. The most num-
erous opportunities for women in
newspapers are still in the tradi-
tional fields of the society page and
the woman’s page. Straight news
reporters or sports writers are few
among women.
Salaries for newspaper women
are as a rule low. Miss Logie re-
lates the steps whereby a woman
may gradually achieve one of the
few high salaries given. Feature
reporting, largely of the “sob-sis-
ter” type, political "* writing, and
syndicate features bring the best
salaries. -Years of experience are
necessary for a woman to raise her
earnings to any great amount.
Five “factors making for success”
are quoted by the writer: Broad
education, subordination of “tech-
nical courses in journalism, practi-
cal experience along with theoreti-
cal work, good health, and wide
reading.
In the final chapter of her book
Miss Logie gives “shadow biogra-
phies” of seventy-three women who
have chosen journalistic careers.
These women have told of their
successes and failures; their ability
to handle two jobs at once, that
of journalist and that of a wife;
and finally, they have evaluated
College Looks Uj
Granddaughters
There are fifty-seven grand
daughters of Alabama College (girl
whose mothers went here to school]
on the campus today. They are:
Nina Abernathy, daughter of Els,
ter Vines Abernathy, 1912-1913
Mary Rebecca Averyt (Mary Nei
Longshore Averyt, 1919); Maijl
Elizabeth Bald (Susie Moore Dull*
fee, 1919); Josephine Baldwin (LenJ*
Mizell Baldwin, 1904); Oive Bamej
(Mrs. Virginia Barnes, 1939); Caro]<
lyn Berry (Irene Ogletree BerrjB
1914-1916); Marion Bradford (Kathjl
erine Johnson Bradford); Mar](
Brislin (Mary McKenzie BrislitP
1910-1911); Mary L. Buckner (MrgP
Bonnie Pittman, 1919); (Elizabeth
Inez Burke, 1915); Anne Rutledgj*
Cain (Mary Ella Cain, 1918); Lucj
Evelyn Chandler anl NelladeanP
Chandler (Nellie Collins Chandler
1909); Marguerite Culpepper (Neti^
tie Hyatt Culpepper, 1914); Marf
Cobb DeShazo (Viola Rufty Dels
Shazo, 1897-1902); Mildred Englanf
(Mable England); Mary Alma Garjc
rison (Mary Phillips Garrison, 1909,1°
1910); Lucy Christine Griffi>c
(stepdaughter of Belva Strickland®
Griffin); Elizabeth Harrison ar#
Marjie Harrison (Jessie Wyatt Harja
rison, 1919); Edna Hays (Nannij
Moore Hays, 1910-1911); Dorothjjg
Henderson (Rosaie Poole Henderfc
son, 1905-1908); Virginia Ingrami
(Elna Renfro Ingram, deceased);*1
Ina Jackson (Mamie Beck Jackson]
ex-1900, deceased); Aline Jone|
(Aline Drake Jones, ex-1919).
Laura Frances Jones (Mary Eliza]
beth Clopton Jones, ex-1921); Melj
ba Ruth Jones (Rebecca Elizabeth
McGill Jones, 1907-1909); Cel#
Killingsworth (Euville Horn Kill!1
ingsworth); Sally Marshall (Man
Barnes Marshall); Dorothy Lacejh
(Ann Lou Thomson Lacey); Phylfci
lis Korth (Mary Wilson Korth)jti
Carolyn Mays (Lola' Flowers Maysd
1936), II
tl
such a career
H
foi A
the worth of
women. b
In this book, Miss Logie has projvi
vided answers to many proble:
which women face in finding a v
cation. She has shown that journaljp
ism is an open field for women aj
it has never been before and thap]
in the next few years women wiih
enter that field in greater num.ber.ti
to bring new and better ideas tip
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Argentinita
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member of Argentinita’s Spanisn
enSenible, dances with gypsy aban-
don and graceful movement which
which make his performance excit-
jpg both as, soloist and as partner,
pancing is Triana’s hobby and
amusement as well as work, and he
plans to recreate old dances of
Qoya type and of the late eigh-
teenth century.
pilar Lopez, the second female
dancer in the ensemble, was the
premiere danseuse in the Madrid
pallet until it was dissolved at the
outbreak of civil war in 1936. Two
numbers on the program, one of
r‘ which she performs as a solo, the
wjther with Antonio Triana, are her
foWn choreographic creations.
Shades of Gene Krupa and Bill
pobinson hover admiringly in wings
whenever Argentinita and her
guitarist, Carlos Montoya, go into
0ne of their jam sessions, Spanish
style. Montoya plays on the stage
in close collaboration with the
dancers, reminiscent of Spanish
cafes where a line can hardly be
lfi«4rawn between dancers, musicians,
n and audience. In addition, he offers
csolo numbers of virtuoso perform-
Lai>ance.
When Argentinita, her dancers,
ithtfguitarist, and pianist come to Ala
ieribama College, Palmer hall will ring
ran in traditional Spanish manner with
;d) “ole” and “otra vez.”
son
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Gachet
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el'j;ioiial offices in Alpha Omicron Pi,
Qjj her social sorority.
After teaching for several years
icejhere, Miss Gachet went to Wash-
hylington when the United States en-
tered the war in 1917. There she
ays did statistical work, and later
served in the Veterans’ bureau. In
the intervening years she has been
identified with the work of the
foi American Engineering Standards
association, with a New York ad~
projvertising agency, and for twelve
I em years as statistician of the sales
vofcromotion division of the Alabama
nalPower company.
n al Miss Gachet returned to the field
thalpf higher education in 1938. She
wilfias already tendered her resigna-
Lbeiftion to Arlington Hall in order to
s ttjtake up her new work as vocational
adviser.
Argentinita, famous Spanish d
noted Metropolitan tenor, are the
be here on the Concert-Lecture
Argentinita will bring her talen
March 8, for a performance in
will appear in concert, April 25.
ancer, (left), and Nino Martini,
two remaining artists who will
Series this spring,
ted dance group to the campus
Palmer hall, and Nino Martini
Tenor Nino Martini
Will Sing in Palmer
Nino Martini, handsome young
leading tenor of the Metropolitan
Opera whose appearance here, April
25, in Palmer hall will be one of
the season’s musical highlights, is
a true “gentleman of Verona.”
This artist, whose popularity in
concert, opera, radio and the screen
is nation-wide, first came into
prominence in his native Italy,
where he was the only tenor able
to sing F above high C. His repu-
tation was firmly established in
Europe before he came here, but in
this country he has achieved his
greatest recognition.
A debut at the Metropolitan
Opera is regarded as the signal
achievement for an opera singer,
but a debut without an audition is
something that only Nino Martini
can boast about, for he was engaged
without an audition.
When Mr. Martini sings here he
will be accompanied at the piano
by Miguel Sandoval, a composer
and pianist in his own right. Mr.
Sandoval, who has accompanied Mr.
Martini for the past four seasons,
is the only professional musician
to claim Guatemala as his native
country.
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And since we are having our
Homecoming at College Night, we
speak a word of welcome (not that
you will need it, since others will
welcome you so) to our alumnae,
parents, friends, and others who
have come (this will include all the
boy friends).
No doubt some of ye ole alumnae
will be interested in a few changes,
some improvements, and a differ-
ence about some things. Take Main
dormitory, for instance — now we
all know that it’s been the hope
of every housemother over there,
the anxiety of every Executive board
member, and a pain in the neck
to others, to have peace and quiet
in this dorm. You will all be in-
terested to know that Main has
been equipped with quiet signs in
the smokers and in the halls until
it’s now like a hospital—even to the
point of all the noise and screaming
(that is no doubt blamed on the
delirious patients). The signs are
O.K. though, especially when they
are hanging from the top of the
house and on the walls. After all,
we didn’t say what kind of a hos-
pital it represents.
There is another change for
which you can draw your own
conclusions as to the reason. We
will say that one of the house-
mothers in Main walked in the
dating parlor one night this week
to check up, and the next night
we noticed that the ceiling lights
were all on with bulbs bright
enough to penetrate any darkened
love seat. Some extra lights were
even on! Tsh! Tsh! Tsh! Girls,
where do you children learn all that
love-making from? The movies, no
doubt!
You alumnae didn’t know that
Alabama College did boast of hav-
ing so much talent as to actually
put on a decent College Night per-
formance that would be presentable
to you, did you? Well, that’s just
the point. We aren’t exactly sure
either. All the bickering and usual
adolescent pratter has been going
on about College Night since our
Executive board president opened
the “bid” for petitions. Somebody
wanted to know why the poor little
Purples couldn’t have a little brain
child and not have to rewrite their
impersonation—well, my friends (?)
it happens that there is so much
brains on the Purple side of the
question that they thought their
less brighter sisters, (the Golds)
wouldn’t be able to understand the
first script written. After all, there’s
really no point of just doing things
in a simple matter. There are brains
enough to have rewritten both parts
of the performance from the Pur-
ple side. But we will say this much
for the Golds — at least they are
consistent in some things.
I believe it was1 just last year that
ye shining Golds left a script lying
around and the Purples found it,
tied a gleaming Purple bow around
it, and returned it to the leaders of
the Gold side. Well, chillun, history
repeated itself on this score again
this year, for another script was
found by the Purples. (It ,too, was
returned in like manner.) Watch
out, Golds, third time’s charm, SQ
we’ve heard!
Oh yes, chillun, .1 almost forgot
that St. Valentine’s day came and
went on our campus. All the rush
and bustle about College Night
sorta makes one forget such things
that happened only yesterday. We
managed to pick up a few bits of
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Glee Club
(Continued from page 1)
sang over the entire network of the
Columbia Broadcasting system em-
bracing 119 stations in a program
from Birmingham.
They have since been invited to
come and give a program in the
Temple of Religion at the New York
World’s Fair on any date they may
choose.
Their next public appearance will
be in East Alabama Sunday, March
17, when they sing morning, after-
noon and evening concerts at Tai-
lassee, Dadeville, and Alexander
City, respectively.
The group was featured on the
program for the alumnae luncheon
here Saturday, February 24.
Income Tax Information
To the Faculty of Alabama College:
Inasmuch as the night of Febru-
ary 23 is the time on which you
celebrate College Night, Deputy
Collector H. P. Hillhouse will come
to Montevallo on Monday, Febru-
ary 26, instead of February 23, to
assist faculty members in filling
out their income tax blanks.—Hen-
ry J. Willingham, Collector.
College Night
(Continued from page 1)
Choir boys will march in from the
foyer while the entire action is go-
ing on they are singing faintly in
the distance “Ave Maria” and “Oh,
Son of Mary.” Ellen Preuit, Maoma
Moore, and Frances Ward will take
the most important parts.
The dedication and intermission
will follow the Gold impersonation.
Next will come the Gold pep song
with words and music by Olive
Barnes. The purples will present
their stunt, “Satanic Satire,” writ-
ten by Ellen Moncrief, Helen Harris,
Mary Sterne, and Carolyn Rowe,
and directed by Kate Corcoran.
This amusing bit of patter is a
take-off of the present situation in
world politics with the idea that the
Devil has the world by the tail.
Such characters as Hitler (Amanda
Keelyn), the Devil (Lillian Russell),
Mussolini (Carolyn King), Stalin
(Mary Sterne), Chamberlain (Fran-
ces Croley), Daladier (Lois Shef-
field), and Roosevelt (Kate Corco-
ran) will appear in the mess of af-
fairs.
The next number will be the Gold
orchestra. They will play an original
arrangement of “Clair De Lune” and
“Le Plus Que Lent” by Debussy and
an excerpt from the Sixth Symph-
ony Pathetique by Tschaikowsky.
Next comes the Purple pep song by
Ann Glass with words by Ellen
Moncrief and Helen Harris.
The Gold stunt will be the last
number in competition. It is “The
Make-up Duel” by Maoma Moore.
The setting is in Princess Pat’s
Cosmetic Court and the time is Eve-
ning in Paris. Louis Phillippe, of an
old established lip-stick firm, asked,
when he died, that his brother,
Charles of Ritz, ruler of Yardley’s
(Old English) products, cross the
Channel and stay in the court until
cosmetic blemishes were cleared.
The nail polish shades polish the
court; and Lucien Lelong (court
gossiper) constantly tries to squeeze
bits of cosmetic news from the dip-
lomatic service, Mum and Nonspi,
deodorizers of scandal.
The twenty-third annual College
Night will be concluded with a
Grand Finale and the traditional
Alma Mater, sung by the entire stu-
dent body and alumnae.
Eddie Mahaffey’s
Gulf Service Station
Clean Rest Rooms —- Phone 4061
We’re Ready for
College Night
. . . Are You?
You'll look your prettiest in the
white frocks we've selected in
anticipation of this very import-
ant event. There's an endless
assortment of lovely styles in all
the popular fabrics for Spring
enchantment! . . . white shoes,
too, are here for your choosing,
making an altogether lovely en-
semble for this occasion.
In Birmingham it’s
BURGER-PHILLIPS
Page 14
FEBRUARY 26, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Montevallo Coal Mines Trace History
To Old Days of Few Modern Methods
The Montevallo Coal Mines at
Aldrich, located two miles from
Montevallo, and now in their 84th
year of operation, produce coal
noted for its long-burning quality
and is probably the best and most
widely known domestic coal in the
South.
During the past two years new
and modern equipment was install-
ed at an expense involving several
thousands of dollars, in order to
insure the proper preparation of
this outstanding coal. One of the
most modem tipple plants, with
coal washing facilities, is now in
use, this plant being considered
second to none in the bituminous
coal fields. Extreme care is exer-
cised in the preparation of the four
sizes marketed; namely, fancy
lump, domestic egg, domestic wash-
ed nut, and washed stoker and
steam coal.
Modem methods are also used in
the under-ground work, the mine
being equipped with coal face con-
veyors, electric haulage, and other
up-to-date equipment.
Several hundred dealers are now
handling Montevallo coal, dealers
being located in Alabama, Georgia,
Mississippi, F1 o ri d a, Tennessee,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mis-
souri, and South Carolina.
Montevallo coal was the first coal
mined and shipped to market by
rail. It was also the first coal to
be sold under a trade name, the
trade name beiiig taken from the
seam and the seam derived its
name from the town of Monte-
vallo. During the early period of
mining there were no railroad
connections at Aldrich. The com-
pany delivered its coal by its own
transportation system to a location
at or near what is now Wilton, and
the coal was billed from the Mon-
tevallo railroad agency. This was
during the time the Rome, Selma,
and Dalton served Montevallo, and
long before the existence of the
Southern railway in this district.
Montevallo coal was extensively
used during the Civil War period in
the Government Navy yard at
Selma, and also by the Shelby
Iron works plant for the produc-
tion of cannon balls. Miners and
other workmen in the Montevallo
mine were exempt from war service
duty on account of the importance
of coal to the Confederate govern-
ment.
It is also interesting to note that
the first modem steam hoisting en-
gine and steam pump used in the
South were used in the Montevallo
mine.
The quality of this wonderful
coal, known as Montevallo, is the
same today as it was in 1856 when
the first coal was mined by rail.
The quality of the coal has been
so outstanding that on one occa-
sion a prominent gentleman visited
Alabama from Boston and he liked
the coal so well that for several
years he had a quantity shipped to
Boston for his use. This coal was
shipped to Mobile by rail and trans-
ported by boat from there to Bos-
ton.
The Montevallo Coal Mining com-
pany has a modem, well constructed
village, with up-to-date facilities
for the employees. The company is
always desirous of looking after the
comfort of its employees to the full
extent of its ability.
The officers of the Montevallo
Coal Mining company are D. A.
Thomas, president and treasurer;
W. H. Sadler, Jr., vice-president;
and H. W. Stokes, secretary. Mr.
Thomas has spent his entire life
around the coal mines, his father,
the late Peter B. Thomas, was one
of the pioneer coal operators in
this state, having come from Penn-
sylvania to Alabama during the
late ’70’s.
Tea. Room Closed
The Tea Room will not be closed
after the College Night programs
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights of this week.
Home Study Service
Conducts Courses
For Women of State
“Alabama College accepts its
share of responsibility for provid-
ing educational and cultural op-
portunities for the women of the
state by means of a Home Study
service,” states Dr. J. I. Riddle, head
of this service.
The Home Study service was or-
ganized in 1928 and includes three
divisions.
A club service assists women in
the state in preparation of pro-
grams for clubs of all kinds. Train-
ed librarians look up any type of
material requested. This phase of
the work is supervised by Miss
Marion Jones-Williams.
For the benefit of women who do
not have ready access to libraries
the Home Study service has its own
library of more than 1,500 books for
both professional and recreational
learning. New books are constantly
being added.
One big feature of this work is in
connection with Parent-Teacher as-
sociations to aid in “integrating the
school, the home, and the commun-
ity into common enterprise.” The
service offers program outlines,
readings in parliamentary law,
books, magazines, and reference
works. Over five hundred pages,
written by authorities in fields of
interest to parents and teachers, are
kept on file and may be had upon
application.
Many women who cannot come
to the campus to study are served
by correspondence courses offered
by the Home Study service. These
courses are conducted by the regu-
lar faculty members who outline
the reading to be done, assign pa-
pers and reports to be written, and
give careful supervision to the
work.
All services offered by the Home
Study office are available to any-
one in the state, free of charge ex-
cept for postage, and in the case
of correspondence work, a regular
tuition fee.
The demand for assistance by the
Home Study service has grown .un-
til it has become one of the most
popular services offered by any
college. One proof of this lies in the
fact that since September, 1938,
over two thousand books have been
mailed to individuals over the state.
College Theatre
(Continued from page 2)
Bonds of Interest—Benavente.
The Chalk Circle—Anonymous.
Captain Applejack—Hackett.
Knight of Burning Pestle—Beau-
mont and Fletcher.
The Women Have Their Way—
Qifintero.
Iphigenia in Tauris—Euripedes.
Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs—Jessie White.
The Devil’s Host—Carl Glick.
Is Life Worth Living?—'Robinson.
Such Is Life—Wedekind.
The Path of Glory—Peach.
The Faithful—Masefield.
The Merry Wives of Windsor—
Shakespeare.
Hobson’s Choice—Brighouse.
The Fan—Goldoni.
Dear Brutus—Barrie.
Yellow Sands—Philpotts.
High Tor—Maxwell Anderson.
Balloon—Padnac Colum.
The Barber of Seville—(Beaumar-
chais.
The Well of the Saints—'Synge.
The next production of the Col-
lege Theatre will be DR. KNOCK.
It is the tradition of the College
Theatre to present interesting edu-
cational plays. The College Theatre
will go down as one of the most in-
fluential institutions in Alabama
College. It educates as well as en-
tertains.
Shakespeare’s “To be or not to
be’’ doesn’t apply to the College
Theatre. “To be, and ever to be!”
fits is exactly.
Rochelle Gachet
Is Impressed By
Progress of College
“Any job should be selected froin
the angle of its bad points rathet
than from its good points,” ex-
plained Miss Rochelle Rodd Gachet,
head of the Vocational Advisory
service, to an ALABAMIAN inter-
viewer.
Further explaining this state
ment, Miss Gachet says, “If a per-
son knows what the difficulty o{
his job will be and if he knows he
can overcome that difficulty, he
will be prepared for the pleasant
part anyhow.”
Miss Gachet has come to Mon-
tevallo this semester to open the
new advisory service for women in
the state. The first task in this
work, as explained by Miss Gachet,
is to survey the state for a list of
all vocational training institutions,
Next will come the organization ol
specific vocational information.
“Persons in the state are mistaken
in the assumption that the Voca^
tional Advisory service is a place,
ment bureau,” states Miss Gachet,
“Our work here is to help women
analyze their own wishes and quali.
fications and then help them find
vocations suited to their needs. We
will constantly be aware of general
locations of jobs and will be able
to give this information to women
desiring it.”
Miss Gachet is a former member
of the faculty here. When asked
what changes had impressed her
most since she has been away, she
remarked, “The most noticeable
impression which I have had con-
cerns the progress which Alabama
College has made. It has grown
constantly and steadily, and now
the new buildings have worked
miracles in the appearance of a
campus which has always been
beautiful.”
Miss Gachet has been director of
admissions and a faculty member
at Arlington Hall, Washington, D.
C., outstanding Eastern school for
girls.
1856 quality
First in Southern homes since 1856. The first domestic
coal to achieve a name and reputation. Perhaps you are
one of the thousands of home owners who know from ex-
perience why Original Genuine Montevallo is everywhere
recognized as the finest coal mi*ed in the South. Free
burning yet easily controlled. Does not clinker or coke. A
perfect fuel for grate or furnace producing pure, clean
heat with minimum attention and waste.
Montevallo
these three words have meant
the BEST domestic coal
Marketed in Four sizes:
Fancy Lump, Domestic Egg,
Washed Domestic Nut, and
Domestic Stoker
Original .
for
Genuine .
years
Montevallo Coal Mining Company
DARIUS A. THOMAS, President
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FEBRUARY 26, 1940
Page 15
pr. John Decker
Will Appear Here
jfl Convocation
pr. John W. Decker, one of the
country’s outstanding Baptist min-
isters, will be the guest of Alabama
College March 10-11, when he
speaks at an extraordinary convo-
cation in connection with several
other appearances in Montevallo
and on the campus.
Dr. Decker is appearing here un-
der sponsorship of the Y. W. C. A.
jje has had a distinguished career
in the ministry and as a missionary
in the ^Far Bast. He i spent the per-
iod between 1921-1934 in China, and
since 1934 has been foreign secre-
tary of the American Baptist For-
eign Mission association of the
Northern Baptist convention. He is
a former director of the Univer-
ses of Shanghai and Nanking.
On a visit since the outbreak of
tjie Chinese-Japanese war, Dr.
pecker was in the midst of much of
the military activity and figured
in the news prominently when he
received injuries as a result
of a Japanese air raid. He made
the perilous automobile trip from
Inda into China along the New
Burma road, which is now known
aS the “back door” of China.
Dr. Decker’s addresses at the
college and at the local Baptist
church will be of an inspirational
nature.
The subjects for his talks: Sun-
day morning for the church ser-
vice—“Christ at Work in a Shaken
World.” Vespers service—“A Golden
Thread Through a Sombre Fabric.”
For convocation — “The Sino-Jap-
anese Struggle: Retrospect and
prospect.”
Home Economics Majors
Miss Ruth Chambers, an expert
in food cookery, is conducting a
cooking school for women’s clubs,
the latter part of this week in Bir-
mingham. Saturday, February 24,
will be devoted to Home Economics
clubs in this district. Will all those
who are interested please see Miss
Josephine Eddy as soon as possible
concerning arrangements.
Cigarettes
Magazines
Candies
Soft Drinks
ARE YOURS
FOR THE BUYING
BRIDGES
NEWSTAND
Middle Street
DR. JOHN W. DECKER
Alumnae Activities
(Continued from page 3)
occasion were made and executed by
the Executive board of the Alum-
nae association and the Faculty-
Alumnae committee.
A. E. A. Luncheon
Each year the Alumnae associa-
tion sponsors a luncheon for alum-
nae during A. E. A. The program
for the luncheon held last year in
Montgomery centered around the
campaign which was taking place
to raise the fund to be used to
equip Reynolds hall.
The luncheon this year will be
on Friday, March 15, at 12:30 in
the Peacock ballroom of the Tut-
wiler hotel.
Founders Day
Although Homecoming did not
take place at that time, the Alum-
nae association sponsored a celebra-
tion of Founders Day for students,
faculty, and alumnae who were able
to attend.
Student Contacts
Believing that the logical way to
develop alumnae interest in Ala-
bama College is to help create stu-
dent interest and seek to continue
it rather than to open a program
after the girl is no longer at hand,
the Alumnae association has start-
ed some plans along this line.
This year the Senate-Alumnae
committee was organized. It is the
purpose of this group to promote
among the students an understand-
ing and appreciation of the college,
a feeling of responsibility toward
it, and a desire to serve it which
will last through their alumnae
years. The work of this committee
will get underway this spring when
they initiate their program with a
series of lectures on the college’s
history, traditions, operation and
program.
At the close of .each school year
the Alumnae association sponsors
a Slenior - Alumnae breakfast at
which time the senior class is for-
mally inducted into the Alumnae
association.
Alumnae Office
The Alumnae office makes con-
stant efforts to keep accurate ad-
dresses and information about for-
mer students of ■ the college. This
information is of value to many de-
partments of the college and cor-
rect addresses enable alumnae to
Cheney Lime & Cement Co.
Birmingham, Alabama
Plants At
Landmark And Graystone
receive information concerning each
other and the college in the form
of newsletters, bulletins, class-
letters, etc.
*
There is a column of alumnae
news in every issue of the ALA-
BAMIAN which is sent to all mem
bers of the association. Other
alumnae publicity is sometimes in-
cluded in the college paper, as well
as sent to other papers over the
state.
When the college is unable to re-
spond to invitations of other col-
leges and universities by sending
representatives directly from Ala-
bama College to attend their special
celebrations, alumnae living in that
part of the country are asked to
represent the college. Last year,
alumnae served in that capacity at
the University of Denver, George-
town university, Brooklyn college,
and Union college.
.Conferences
Last spring Alabama College, to-
gether with the University and Au-
burn, was host to alumni workers
in Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Ala-
bama at their Distract III confer-
ence which was held in Birming-
ham.
The alumnae secretary attended
the National Conference of Alumni
Workers in the United States and
Canada which was held last June
at Swampscott, Mass.
History of College Night
(Continued from page 2)
event was changed to a basketball
game in 1938. Alec, the late janitor
of Reynolds hall, was heard to re-
mark, “I ain’t never seen the side
win yet that won the ball game.”
In 1935 the College Night Loan
Scholarship fund was established.
Before this time the money derived
from sale of tickets for College
Night had been used to buy a gift
for the school. Each year more
money is added to the original cap-
ital of $1,000.
This year for the first time
Homecoming for alumnae was held
simultaneously with College Night.
If this proves to be a good plan, it
may grow to be one of the im-
portant features of the annual Col-
lege Night celebration. , Parts of
College Night which have edged in,
we don’t know when, include the
Purple-Gold tea dance, change from
medium song to pep song, making
the dedication non-competitive, and
other characteristics.
Alabama College is well known
for this unique feature of its extra-
curricular opportunities. Many peo-
ple over the state and the South
consider it exceedingly remarkable
that teams of over four hundred
girls can become organized and give
such a varied and well thought-
out performance with only four
weeks of working time.
College Night Seems
One Big Mystery
(Continued from page 2)
ask a question or two. At first we
didn’t even know enough to ask
questions. But as the days have
gone by and College Night has
drawn nearer, we have gleaned some
facts from the confusion about us.
And now we, too, are eagerly anti-
cipating the great night. It is to be
for us something utterly different
from' the upperclassmen’s College
Night, for we are to see it . all new.
For us there will be no compari-
sons with last year, because for us,
as college students, there was no
last year. This is our first College
Night, and it will be our greatest
for surely no other could be so
magical, so marvelous as this one
promises. In it we hope to find the
essence of the spirit of Alabama
College.
Already we are aware of the fact
that it is an integral part of col-
lege life, but we know we cannot
yet begin to realize all that College
Night can mean.
It is a little surprising to us to
find how the spirit of the thing
has crept into our life. Whether
we are studying, or talking, or
playing—whatever we are doing—
we feel that there is something dif-
frrent about us. Classes go on as
usual, and so do tests and studying,
but under and over and through
it all we feel a subtle change in the
atmosphere of the school as we
look forward eagerly to our first
College Night!
Former College
Night Leaders
(Continued from page 3)
Mary Nall Kendrick, Purple leader,
is case consultant for the State
Department of Public Welfare, and
Billie Hill, assistant, teaches in
Birmingham. Helen Hewell, (Mrs.
David McGonigal), Gold leader,
lives in Mobile. Aileen Holly was
the Gold assistant.
1935: Margaret Vaughan, presi-
dent of Student Government, is
now Mrs. C. E. Bragunier, and lives
in New York. Also living there is
Ellie Ayres Burns, (Mrs. Charles
Eighmy), Purple leader. Aeolian
McRee was the Purple assistant
leader. Isabel Henderson led the
Golds. Eleanor Watson, assistant
Gold leader, teaches in Birming-
ham.
1934: Lena Mae High, president of
Student Government, is Mrs. Her-
schel Hamner of Bessemer. Chero-
kee Shirley, (Mrs. J. Lake PUarks),
Purple leader, lives in Boston,
Mass. Eunice Thomas, (Mrs. W. H.
Clingo), Purple assistant, is in Cut
Bank, Montana. Margaret Coley,
Gold leader, is Mrs. W. T. Hendon
and lives in Selma, as does Eleanor
Rennie, (Mrs. Roswell Falkenberry),
Gold assistant.
1933: Dorothy Kitchens, president
of Student Government, teaches in
Birmingham and takes an active
part in club work. Alva Craig Kend-
rick, (Mrs. John Allen Wolf), Pur-
ple leader, lives in New York. Ammi
Copeland, (Mrs. Scott Ellington),
Purple assistant, is teaching at
Massey Business college in Birming-
ham. Floyce Griffin ,(Mrs. Horace
Hunt), Gold leader, is in Beverley,
N. J. Lucy Pruett, (Mrs. Shannon
Sellers), assistant, is in Washing-
ton, D. C.
* * *
1932: Margaret Allen Wallis, pres-
ident of Student Government, is
Mrs. E. B. Robinson, Jr., of Bir-
mingham. Annie Seay Owen, Purple
assistant, is working for the State
Department of Education in Mont-
gomery. Dorothy Kitchens and Am-
mi Copeland led the Golds.
* * *
1931: Ruth Scott, president of
Student Government, teaches in
Birmingham. Belle McCall Hart,
(Mrs. B. A. Reynolds), Purple lead-
er, is deceased. Rachael Brodnax,
(Mrs. Bain Hamilton), assistant,
lives in Eutaw. Dora Little, (Mrs.
Leslie Stewart), Gold leader, lives
in Mobile. Dorothy Kitchens was
Gold assistant.
* * *
1930: Nathalie Molton, (Mrs. S.
R. Gibbons), president of Student
Government, has been president of
the Alabama College Alumnae as-
sociation or the past two years.
Janet Wilson, (Mrs. Thomas Reid),
of Montgomery, was Purple leader.
Florence Stevens, Gold leader, is
Mrs. C. O. Cottingham of Birming-
ham. Dora Little was assistant.
* * * *
1929: Mary Graham Gloster,
(Mrs. Derry Gates Bird), of Mari-
etta, Ohio, was Purple leader. She
has worked in the field of stage and
costume design since leaving the
college and all of her work has
been produced. In addition she has
written a children’s book and also
illustrated another, painted murals,
and done a great: deal of art work.
Janet Wilson was Purple assistant.
Margaret Farish was the Gold lead-
er and Laurice Butler, (Mrs. T. A.
Walthall), of Newbern, was the as-
sistant.
* sje s Je
1928: Nell Browder, (Mrs. A. T.
Bell), of Gadsden, was president of
Student Government. Alice Lowery,
Gold leader, is Mrs. J. N. Leach,
also of Gadsden. Frances Loftin,
(Mrs. T. B. Shotts), of Jackson-
ville, was the Gold assistant lead-
er. Let Jones, (Mrs. G. S. DeShazo),
of Washington, D. C., led the Pur-
ples. Janet Wilson Reid assisted.
* * *
1927: Mary Ellen Spinks, presi-
dent of Student Government, is
Mrs. Chester Sowell of Brewton.
Ina Mae Malone, Mrs. Laird Rik-
axd of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was
Purple leader. She was assisted by
Susie Powers (Mrs. William Tomp-
kins), of Tuscaloosa. Gladys Wald-
rop, Gold leader, is now head of the
physio-therapy department of the
Touro infirmary, New Orleans, La.
Dorothy Smith, Gold assistant, Mrs.
T. N. Boone, lives in Mobile.
Compliments
of
HICKS
Ben Franklin Store
Where you can
always find the
things you
need
CONGRATULATIONS
TO STUDENTS
On A Successful
COLLEGE NIGHT
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Siluria, Alabama
Phone 2741
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Alabamian Grows From Facts, Nonsense
To A Recording Of College Activities
The beginning and development
of some of our most important
traditions — Elite Night, College
Night, Crook Week—may be traced
through records of THE ALABAM-
IAN, student newspaper.
Files in the library show the
first ALABAMIAN as early as 1924
of a form similar to the present
one, a four-page affair, the sheets
somewhat smaller than now. The
front page was filled with a variety
of items of news—concerts, sports,
alumnae notes, personals, which
listed chiefly girls who went home
for the week-end, and cartoons.
There were no definite columns
for any type of news, the editorials,
sports, nonsense verses, and regu-
lar news stories being scattered
through the four pages. The main
space fillers were program plans—
long columns of them — statistics
and nonsense. One might call it
more a fact report and fun-sheet
than a newspaper.
In 1925 the size of the sheets
were increased and the organiza-
tion slightly improved. One slip
was made in a certain copy where
these headlines were on the front
page: “Dr. Palmer’s Illness of Deep
Concern to Students'” and in the
column right by it, a little-girl-
joke about a coffin.
Two and occasionally four pages
were added the following year,
nearly four pages of the paper con-
sisting of stories, editorials, jokes,
and other nonsense. The sports
news was still scattered throughout,
but the front page was better or-
ganised and more conservative.
From 1926 until 1930 it remained
somewhat the same, some years be-
ing reduced to the early very small
publication.
1930 brought a decided change in
the make-up of THE ALABAMIAN.
It ceased to be a newspaper and
Gossip
(Continued from page 13)
gossip which we pass on to you.
You should have seen the ex-
pression on Betty Page’s face when
she opened one of her many valen-
tines. Inside the first envelope there
was another envelope, then an-
other, and so on. After so, many of
these she finally got to the last
one which said, “Guess Who?”
Guess she was surprised, eh?
This is one time that we found
a class on our campus that had a
practical value! Frances Martin
was awfully anxious to keep the
valentine which she made in Art
150. We wondered why, but then
our curiosity was satisfied when we
saw a little package being mailed to
Auburn. It’s times like this when
the local merchants thrive offa our
trade. It was amazing how the
stores uptown sold out of valentines
days before February 14. Little
Chris, Lilias Heblon, and Sara Red-
doch made daily excursions to town
to look over the hearts and stuff.
After due consideration, they pur-
chased the most attractive valen-
tines. Lilliput errored and bought
one too many. She wanted to auc-
tion it off to the highest bidder but
Nancy Powers had need of same,
and bought it for a nickel.
Talking about being mercenary,
though, Hewell and Keelyn waited
until the last minute to get their
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was a little bound volume similar
to the TOWER in appearance. It
contained a varied assortment of
editorials, articles, features on per-
sonalities, buildings on the cam-
pus, essays, pictures, and nonsense.
The publication was of this sort
until 1932. Then the style went
back to the four-page newspaper
and has remained that ever since,
except for an additional number
of pages in 1936.
With new developments and
training in the field of journalism,
the editors and staffs of THE ALA-
BAMIAN have tried more each year
to make a real newspaper out of
this publication.
This year the staff has made two
record-breaking publications — the
first was the eight-page issue, the
first in its history — and the sec-
ond, this special College Night
edition. It has made many plans
for this and future years.
valentines so that by the time they
got them the valentines had been
marked down so much that the
people practically gave them away
to get rid of them. By the way,
Hewell, we hear that you got the
“sweetest” telegram on Valentines
day! If you aren’t sweet, we’ll print
a copy of it for you. Third East in
Ramsay have what it takes (at
least they have what it takes when
you put them all together — sep-
arately we can’t say so much). Some
of them got letters on Valentine’s
day, a few got valentines, HeweJl
got a telegram, and Willie got
flowers (you’d better marry him,
Willie. Any man that would send
flowers has my vote any day). Oh,
yes, three were fortunate enough
to get candy, too. We wish that
Valentine’s day would come more
often. The pretty red packages that
were being put into the hands of
lucky girls were enough to make
anybody’s mouth water—specially
if you like candy.
We even had a swell Valentine’s
dance. Did you all notice the MEN
at the dance down at the Field
House? Gee, it was a thrill! That
BEAUTIFUL uniform that Louise
Morrisette had in tow was not a
drop shot. That’s something new,
alumnae, you don’t know what fun
it is to have dates at our dances
now, even though the men are
practically stampeded. The poor
girls have to practically handcuff
them now to hang on to them! A
date is something to be sho nuff
proud of down here. Just ask Ruth
Ash about it. Ruth was walking
round with her head in the clouds
last week-end. The reason—an Au-
burn uniform which was hovering
around. Although Valentine’s day
came too, Nina Abernathy had
something even better. If you don’t
believe it, just read this. Aber-
nathy was surprised with a happy
birthday party up in Frances
Owens’ room. Then there was the
small matter of telegrams, birthday
cards, letters, special ones, too, and
candy, which cannot be overlooked.
Why can’t I be famous, too?
How we were all plenty glad to
get the new post office, but Lucy
McLemore nearly ruined it yester-
day afternoon when the Atlanta
mail was put up. We heard shouts
about Fields or Cans or something
—at any rate she was happy.
The post office is even so big that
we can see the people and know
those that make it their “hang
out.” If you notice a big blond
hanging around the P.O. more than
usual, my guess is as good as yours,
cause it is probably Marge Chap-
man waiting on those pictures
which she sent back with a return
address on them. What’s the matter,
Marge—won’t he keep them?
Since “Gone With the Wind” has
come to Birmingham, the campus
has changed location. It was bad
enough when it was in Atlanta,
but since Birmingham is so much
closer, our campus has been prac-
Candy
is delicious FOOD
ENJOY SOME EVERY DAY
You can’t mistake the
extra pleasure you get
from Chesterfields.
Because of their right
combination of the world’s
best cigarette tobaccos,
Chesterfields give you a
cooler, better-tasting and
definitely milder smoke.
You can’t buy a better cigarette
Copyright 1940, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
FEBRUARY 26, 1940_THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama Collet
tically deserted. Larry Clinton's
playing in Birmingham the past
week-end knocked a big hole in
College Night practice, too. Some
people evidently wanted to hear
him badly enough to go to any ex-
tremes, from all we hear.
Chillun, even though spring isn’t
here yet, Sara Dobson is wearing
a BEAUTIFUL Theta Chi frat
pin. Nuns of A. C., even though this
is leap year, all we can do is to
wait for the spring. After all, you
know where a young man’s fancy
turns to at that time. Just one
thing about it—we ought to make
them turn a little stronger this
year!
Back to College Night before we
sign off again. We want to give an
orchid to Miss Poldi Mildner. Not
only for her wonderful playing and
rendition of some fancy set-ups of
some of our more “popular” music,
but also for the fact she was able
to interrupt College Night rehear-
sals. We thought nothing short of
Palmer’s burning would do this, but
she did it—got away with it, to
But she was good enough to &
away with MURDER, my frie^
Now, chillun, and I do mean *
erybody, ye ole campus snoop
to say that we hope you all em
ed this College Night, and that.
our alumnae, parents, and frie^
will come back to see us ag^j
Don’t wait for College Night to
us a visit again.
’Nite, chillun, that’s all for tfc
time. This is ye ole campus sno,
signing off.
Chesterfield’s
Twin Pleasures are
JieaiAfi/dnes.
s
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LUCK ON
EXAMS
The Alabamian
Alabama College, the State College for Women
VOLUME XVII Z7
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, MARCH 11, 1940
NUMBER 13
Double Door
Is Presented
Byjunior Class
Familiar Faces Seen
As Junior Class Gives
Thrilling Mystery
Suspense and mystery will per-
vade the atmosphere on March 29,
when the junior class presents
Elizabeth McPadden’s thrilling mys-
tery, “Double Door.”
The story of this tense play which
was first produced on Long Island
in 1916, is concerned with the weal-
thy and respected Van Brett fam-
ily-
Irene Swift, junior speech major,
who has just completed the diffi-
cult role of the ghost knight in the
purple inpersonation, will portray
Victoria Van Brett, senior member
of the honored family. This dom-
ineering woman maintains control
over her sister, Caroline, played by
Mary Scott Howell, and her half-
brother, Rip, played by Gladys Pul-
ler. The servants whom Victoria
scarcely notices save to order about
are Avery, a middle-aged house-
keeper, Mary Kelly Porter; Telson,
the butler, Carolyn Raborn; Louise,
the maid, Eloise Martin; and Wil-
liam, the footman, Nell Wooten.
Appearing in the role of Anne
Darrow, who becomes the bride cf
Rip Van Brett in the first act is
Prances Ward, who will long be re-
membered for her role in OUR
TOWN. Victoria’s hatred for this
girl who as a nurse brought Rip
back to health prompts her to call
in Mortimer Neff, the family law-
yer, played by Mary Ware, to order
her will changed.
Finding her treatment in this
household unbearable and seeking
to break the sinister spell which
Victoria holds over the household,
Anne tries to act wisely. She brings
onto the scene her friend, Dr. John
Sulle, played by Bobbie Brabston,
whose relations with Anne Victoria
makes appear questionable. Lam-
bert, a detective, played by Caroline
Liles, and Mr. Chase, Pauline Mc-
Cool, who has for a number of
years been in charge of the Van
Brett diamonds, further complicate
the plot.
The action which follows in the
dim light of Victoria’s drawing
room is gripping. The part the
double door and the pearls play in
the action are all-important.
Glee Club Schedules
Trip to East Alabama
For Church Programs
Thirty members of the Glee club
■will give three performances in ea'st
^Jabama churches, Sunday, March
First of three sacred programs
be at the Baptist church in
tallassee at eleven o’clock. The af-
ternoon services will be presented
the Dadeville Methodist church
at four o’clock. The final program
the day will be at the Alexander
c% Baptist church.
_ Members of the club who will
ake the trip are Ruth Hodo, Lou-
Wallace, Elizabeth McDowell,
jJary Alison, Elizabeth Griffin,
rances LaGrone, Lenore Oliver,
°n Ceil Hines, Marguerite Jerni-
Mary Ellen Pentecost, Edith
es> Johnny Carlisle.
Louise Moore, Lois Anne Smith,
argaret McAllister, Minnie Priest-
•g ’ Sara James, Carolyn Day, Olive
Vip eS’ MarJ°rie Grimes, Gene-
ieve creagh, Evelyn Alison, Mir-
. m Brabham, Mary Helen Moore,
j» r&aret Stallworth, Flidera Tapia,
. Kent, sue Tucker, Margie
je rgin’ Elizabeth Gulledge, Cath-
Waddell, Adele Holder, Fay
ater, Edna Hays, Sara Cartwright,
°zelle Martin, and Ozelle Deason.
Calendar
Tuesday, March 12—M. S. C. W.
debate.
Wednesday, March 13—Dr. Cul-
breth, address.
Thursday, March 14 — Dr. Cul-
breth, convocation.
Speech recital, Mary Green Johns.
Friday, March 15—Athletic asso-
ciation St. Patrick’s day dance.
Saturday, March 16 — Marion
Hughes-Helen Hope Balch joint re-
cital.
March 18-19—Dr. Malcolm Mac-
Lean.
Saturday, March 23—Organ reci-
tal, Eva Love Wyatt.
Sunday, March 24—Presbyterian
Student association play, directed
by Miss Flory.
Mr. Henning Gives
Plans for Spring
Tours of Debaters
J. H. Henning, debate coach, has
almost completed plans for two
spring tours as well as several home
debates. The tours will be a trip
through the central states from
March 18 through 31, and another
in the east from April 8 through 14.
Sara Rumbley, freshman; Sara
Peck Weaver, sophomore; Yenna
York, junior; and Annie Mae Paulk,
senior, will be the debaters for the
central states tour. Debating will
open Monday, March 18, at Ten-
nessee Wesleyan university, Athens,
Tennessee. On Tuesday, March 19,
the squads will debate at Cincin-
nati university, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ohio Wesleyan university, Dela-
ware, Ohio, is the next stop, Wed-
nesday, March 20. The next debates
will be at Wayne university, Detroit,
Michigan. The teams will debate at
Wittenberg college, Springfield,
Ohio, Friday, March 22. On Satur-
day, March 23, the girls will debate
at Georgetown college, Georgetown,
Kentucky, at two o’clock, and at
Berea college, Berea, Kentucky, in
the evening.
The tour will be climaxed with
tournament debating at the Na-
tional Pi Kappa Delta tournament
in Knoxville, Tennessee, from Sun-
day, March 24, to Saturday, March
30.
As yet the debaters for the sec-
ond eastern tour have not been
definitely decided upon. The first
day of the trip, April 8, has not
been booked. On Tuesday, April 3,
there will be a debate at Mercer
university, Macon, Georgia. The
debaters will be at Presbyterian
college, Clinton, South Carolina,
Wednesday, April 10. The trip will
be ended at the Grand Eastern
tournament, Winthrop college,
Rock Hill, South Carolina, April
11, 12 and 13. Debaters will go to
the University of Alabama, Tusca-
loosa, Tuesday, April 16.
Among the home debates was a
double debate with teams from Car-
son - Newman college, Jefferson
City, Tennessee, Saturday, March
9, at two o’clock.
Spring Elections Come
March 28 for Officers
Spring elections for the 1940-41
school term will be held Thursday,
March 28, under the general super-
vision of the political science
classes.
There have been a few minor
changes in the procedure for nom-
inations and elections this year. The
boards of each major organization
will nominate several students who
will be presented at a student body
meeting, Tuesday, March 26, at 12
o’clock. Students may begin circu-
lating their own petitions after 12
on Tuesday. These petitions must
be in to the president of student
government by 10 o’clock Thursday
morning. Nominees made by stu-
dents will be introduced to the stu-
dent body Thursday at 12 o’clock.
All students are urged to take
part in general elections.
Is Your Roommate
A Saintly Person?
She was a Perfect Roommate!
.There was not a girl in the school
who was not lavish in her praise
of Jane’s roommate. THEIR room-
mates were sometimes untidy in
person and in their room, but not
Jane’s. She was such a tidy little
housekeeper that no matter what
time of the day or night one might
pop into her’s and Jane’s room it
was always as neat as a pin. The
floor was swept and everything
was in its place. And the roommate
was always as pretty as a picture.
She was clean and her hair was
combed; there was nothing at all
untidy about her, even on nights
before semester tests.
Despite that fact that she helped
keep the room clean all the time,
she still had time to go to a show
or go hiking or just walk down
town at exactly the times when
Jane wanted to go. Whatever Jane
wanted to do her roommate could
find time for. She never neglected
her lessons, though, to do those
things. On the contrary, she al-
ways prepared hers far enough in
advance to be able to help Jane
when she needed help. Other room-
mates couldn’t understand how she
did it for she never stayed up and
kept the light on when Jane wanted
to sleep. She was very considerate.
She was considerate of Jane’s
personal property, too. Other girls
might search in vain for their fav
orite lipstick, only to find it a week
later in their roommate’s purse, but
not Jane. Her roommate never
touched anything that belonged to
her. She never misplaced Jane’s
pencils or books or notes.
In short—she was perfect—abso-
lutely perfect. Her virtues might
still gladden the hearts of college
girls; but alas, one day the ungrate-
ful Jane slipped poison in her per-
fect roommate’s milk (she never
drank coffee) with the remark that
her roommate was too perfect to
live with and would very likely se
a perfect pattern for angels. And
ever since that day all the girls who
come to Alabama College have to
room with other girls who may have
a great many faults.
Concert Organist
Will Play Here
“The organ played thus is again
the king of instruments. This boy is
genius]” This and other almost in-
credible reports have described from
coast to coast Virgil Fox, twenty-
eight year old organist to appear
on the Concert - Lecture series,
March 28, in Palmer hall.
Virgil Fox’s rise to international
fame has been marked by phenom-
enal rapidity. This Illinois-born boy
played his first church service at
eleven. When fourteen Virgil Fox
played a concert before an audience
of 2,500. At seventeen he won unan-
imously the National Federation of
Music Clubs National Biennial con-
test in Boston.
Virgil Fox is making the organ a
concert instrument comparable to
virtuoso violin, piano, and voice. In
many ways he defies and overcomes
the limitations of the instrument,
taking it out of both the church
and movie palace and classing it
into a concert distinction never
known before. Virgil Fox can be
looked to as a history-making mu-
sician, for already he has made an
ancient art relive with freshness
and skill.
Virgil Fox has deftness of execu-
tion and pedaling far beyond his
years. He takes pains to become ac-
quainted with each organ on which
Jie plays. The boy in age but man
in ability finds the organ full of op-
portunities for color, excitement,
and brilliance without straining to
a point of superfluous showman-
ship.
This typical young American,
both in speech and figure, has a
truly remarkable personality ex-
pressed through the medium of his
chosen instrument—the organ.
Malcolm Mac Lean To Speak
To Faculty on March 18-19
Malcolm MacLean, director of
the General college, University
of Minnesota, will speak to fac-
ulty members here, March 18-19.
Honorary Chapter
Of Tri Beta Is
New Organization
Josephine Baldwin, Mary Belk,
Mildred Clotfelter, Erma Louise
Salter, Ellen Bonner Jones, Maxine
Phillips, and Sara Carmichael
Smith, charter members of Beta
Iota chapter of Beta Beta Beta, na-
tional honorary biology fraternity,
will be installed Saturday, March
16. Dr. Zoe C. Black, of the biology
department, will be made sponsor
of the society.
Dr. W. K. Butts of the University
of Chattanooga and regional vice-
president will preside at the for-
mal installation service and will
speak to the group on “Science and
Personality.” Preceding the cere-
mony the charter members will be
honor guests at a tea from 4:00-6:00
o’clock and at a banquet in the
new dining hall at 6:45 o’clock. All
the biology majors, alumnae mem-
bers, and other persons on the
campus interested in that science
will be guests at the tea and ban-
quet. Also, exhibits of the biology
department will be arranged for a
general open house.
Eligibility
Students, in order to be eligible,
for membership in Beta Beta Beta,
must be majors in biology and
rank in the upper twenty-five per
cent among students. The seven
charter members of the student
body have qualified because of their
outstanding work in this and other
fields.
Josephine Baldwin, Andalusia,
senior major, is a member of Kap-
pa Delta Pi, national honorary ed-
ucational fraternity, has served on
the TECHNALA staff for two years
and the Student Senate three years,
and was treasurer of the junior
class.
Mary Belk, Talladega, who has
been elected president of Beta
Beta Beta, is also a member and
secretary of Kappa Delta Pi, is a
member of the Student Senate and
Publications board, is secretary-
treasurer of the Biology club, and
has been in the May Day honor
group for the past three years.
Mildred Clotfelter, Birmingham,
is a member of WHO’S WHO
AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERI-
CAN COLLEGES AND UNIVER-
SITIES, is president of Y. W. C. A.
on the campus, and a member of
the Presidents’ council.
Erma Louise Salter, Huey town,
junior major, belongs to Alpha
Lambda Delta, freshman honorary
society, French club, and the Bi-
ology club.
Sara Carmichael Smith, Pratt-
ville, is a member of the Physical
Science club, Biology club, French
(Continuel on page 4)
Director of Experiment
Will Describe Change
Advised in Curriculum
Malcolm S. MacLean, director of
the General college, University of
Minnesota, will speak to the faculty
members in Comer lecture hall,
March 18-19, following his addresses
at A. E. A. in Birmingham.
Dealing with changing curricu-
lum needs for youth of today, Mr.
MacLean has become one of the
most expert workers in the practi-
cal work of this field.
The work which began this study
was the development of the Gen-
eral college of the University of
Minnesota to explore solutions of
problems in secondary and begin-
ning higher education. One of thisi
is the steadily increasing enroll-
ment in schools of students needing
new vocations.
Mr. MacLean and his co-workers
merely guessed at the courses their
students would desire, with addi-
tions and eliminations made later.
All aspects of young people’s
abilities, personalities, and inter-
ests have been considered in the
building of this school. The success-
ful result has attracted nation-wide
attention.
Harverd Lecture
Mr. MacLean was given the dis-
tinction of delivering the Alexander
Inglis memorial lecture at Harvard
university on secondary education,
which was published under the
title of SCHOLARS, WORKERS,
AND GENTLEMEN. His writings
in this field are extensive.
Mr. MacLean’s career has been
varied. He has been a newspaper-
man and has done extension work
at the University of Wisconsin. He
was educated in public schools of
Denver, Colorado, Hamilton college
at Clinton, New York, the Sorbonne
in Paris, and the University of
Michigan.
Mr. MacLean took his doctorate
degree in the field of English and
taught English at. Northwestern
and the University of Minnesota.
He describes his educational back-
ground as “horribly classic” for the
most part, but the later years of
his work have been a “pleasant ad-
venture” in all of the varieties of
courses he has worked with.
Freshman Lasses Plan
To Whirl Among Gay
Tulips and Windmills
The freshmen are going in Dutch
for their dance which will be held,
March 30. The ole Field House
won’t recognize itself under all the
gay trimmings which will trans-
form it completely.
Coy Dutch lasses will be on board
a canal boat to check hats and
wraps, while along two sides of the
dance floor little boys and girls in
Dutch costume! will be standing.
Tall, red tulips growing on the
walls will lead to a small, whirling
windmill in each corner.
The center of interest will be a
giant windmill from which the
leadout will begin.
The orchestra will play from a
large wooden shoe while the hon-
orees and their guests dance be-
neath twinkling stars as colored
spotlights cast changing light on
the dancers.
Committee chairmen for the
dance are Lois Blake, invitation;
Sara Reddoch and Nancy Powers,
orchestra; Peggy Kirk, decora-
tions; Olive Parrish, refreshments;
Marian Simpler and Sarah Andrew,
lighting; Jackie Brewer, hostesses;
Martha Jean Wynn, program; Na-
omi Meyer, arrangements; Barba-
ra Ames, restoration; Dorothy Wat-
son, properties.
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MARCH 11, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
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EDITORIALS
Vote In Spring Elections
“—Of the students, by the students, and for the
students.” This is what our Student Government
association means — a democracy composed of peo-
ple engaged in self-government.
At the head of this government of ours are stu-
dents elected to represent th^ whole group m
thought and deed.
Did you vote for them? Some of you who are
here for the first time this year didn’t have the
chance but you have had similar chances. Our rec-
ords from last year’s spring elections show that of
approximately 900 students, only about 83 per cent
even took the trouble to go to the polls. Twenty
per cent of us, who call ourselves citizens of Ala-
bama College, could not recognize the importance
of elections nor our duties as voters.
By observation we have noted that it is that twen-
ty per cent who are never satisfied with the rules
or the leaders—they call them “unrepresentative”
of the student body. Simple reasoning proves that a
leader is representative of the group which elects her.
Whether you vote at spring elections or not will
decide what type of government you will have—a
part democracy, part dictatorship; or a democratic
government “of students, by students, and for stu-
dents.”
They're New—Keep Them
When we moved into the student activity building,
when we began classes in our new classroom build-
ing, and when we move to the new dormitory—al-
ways we hear the same request—“Please help keep
the building looking as grand is it now does.”
Most of us ignored the pleas, turned our back, and
forgot the words had ever been uttered. In the first
place “They were just trying to find something to
talk about;” and, in the second place, “Who would
be so inconsiderate as to mar our new buildings?”
The answer is, YOU WOULD. Now, with the smell
of fresh paint, the clean walls, and new furnituie
—all mixing into the excitement of moving—you
want to keep it looking nice.
But when the newness wears off; when you be-
gin to become adjusted to your surroundings and
back in your former life-shell; your resolutions won’t
mean so much. Putting your foot on the wall, stick-
ing tacks in doors and walls—you won’t give it a
second thought.
This isn’t a trial or experiment to see if you can
keep them clean. The buildings are yours, regardless
of how thoughtless or thoughtful you may be. There’ll
be no “taking away” because you were inconsiderate.
But think of the people that come after you and
the opinions they’ll form from what you left behind.
It’s not a question of your unconcern—it’s your rep-
utation.
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OF SIR.
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Gossip
By 3 Snoopb
Skirts And Prosperity
“It’s short skirts that impoverish farmers and af-
flict this land with economic troubles, according to
a census report,” says the HUNTSVILLE TIMES.
“Skirts and other things like petticoats and under-
wear and so on, including fashionable stockings.
Why, just covering women’s legs with cotton from
the knees to the ankles, says an expert, would use
up a million bales of cotton. ‘So the cotton surplus
goes up and down with the hem of women’s skirts,’
observes the statistician. ‘The city man’s gain is
the farmer’s loss.’
“Some practical economists maintain that it’s
everybody’s loss. Since women took to wearing the
lightest and filmiest kind of clothing, and only about
as much of it in normal weather as could be stuffed
into a purse, naturally the demand for wool and
linen have fallen off with the cotton requirement.
Shoes, too, take far less leather than they used to.
And there is less straw in their hats—when they
wear any.
“But nobody does anything about it.”
Hiya, chillun:
This is your old campus snoop,
really on her last leg. With all the
excitement about the senior class
moving to Tutwiler, we almost for-
got to go to press, but we’ll try to
dig up a wee bit of gossip for you
to chew over during the next week.
We happened to be listening to the
dancing party that is broadcast
every night over WAPI, and the an-
nouncer said that he had gotten a
letter from four Montevallo girls
who requested that they play “At
Least You Could Say Hello” and
“My Prayer.” These two numbers
were requested for one night, but
that particular night they played
“At Least You Could Say Hello”
and not the other number request-
ed. Listening again the next night,
the announcer said that he had re-
ceived a special from the usual four
at Montevallo and they wanted to
change the piece “My Prayer” and
play “Careless” instead! They fur-
ther asked that the box number not
be revealed. What could have made
them want such a drastic change?
We wonder!
By the way, there must be an
epidemic of some strange malady
down here. In the past week or so
several of the student body have
mysteriously contracted some ill-
ness (?) and dashed home. Imagine
our surprise when one person re-
covered and came back, only to
stay a few days and then go back
home again. We hope everyone is
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doing nicely and have no relapses
again.
Strange things do happen. One
night last week after supper there
were quite a few worried-looking
individuals who were carrying little
yellow pieces of paper in their
hands. It seemed as if a large num-
ber got a special invitation to a se-
lect meeting on the campus. No
one could figure out just why THEY
were the honored ones.
This is our favorite tale on Dr.
Trummie. During College Night re-
hearsals he was timing the Purple
productions, and at this particular
time he was timing the impersona-
tion. You will probably remember
the huge column in the impersona-
tion, well, it seems that Dr. Trum-
mie wanted to move one of the
columns to another place on the
stage. He rushed on the stage as
only Dr. T. can and very hurriedly
grasped the first column an tried
to move it over some. After much
trying and pulling, he raised up and
ran his hand through his hair and
said, “Whew! I don’t see how you
girls got these columns moved!”
What Dr. Trummie failed to see
was that the columns were nailed
to the floor at six different places
on each column! Paging Tarzan
for the Purple staging crew!
And while we’re talking about
College Night, here’s a nice one: If
the Purples take their impersona-
tion to Warm Springs for the presi-
dent, Jean Letson of the Golds
swears up and down they will take
their impersonation to Rome for
the Pope.
What was all the groaning and
creaking up and down stairs in
Ramsay last Sunday? We heard
that some girls were hiking to Davis
falls to cook breakfast. Well, it’s a
pretty sight when seniors get up at
6:00 a.m. and can’t hike to Davis
falls and back before 1:00 p.m.
What’s that you said? Oh, they de-
toured by way of Falling Rock!
Well, the extra 10 miles did make
it seem a little longer, didn’t it!
Now, maybe this isn’t the time or
place, but we’d like to hand orchids
to a few deserving people, anyhow.
Males are usually placed at the end
of lists, but this is one of the times
Mr. Southard rates tops with the
ALABAMIAN staff for the helo
and encouragement during the last
issue. Mr. Stabler is also at the
top of our list. We appreciate the
nice things he’s told us—and he
always says them at the right
time, too. Far be it from us to
leave the women out of this column.
Miss Ribble gets our vote of thanks
for the way she pulled out seeming-
ly from nowhere just oodles of ma-
terial for the big issue and, too, she
can always h^Jp us fill up space
in an emergency. Miss Pruitt is
really tackling a man-sized job and
successfully in form of supervising
and instructing case work.
That’s all, chillun, till next time.
We promise you a sho nuff juicy
column for the next issue. Be ex-
pectin’ us! This is your old campus
snoop signing off! ’Nite, chillun.
Then there was the Grandma who used to weaj
her nightcap—now she drinks it.
* * * *
Boy: Would you object if I kissed you?
Girl: (No answer.)
Boy: Would you care if I kissed you?
Girl: (No answer.)
Boy: Say, are you deaf?
Girl: No, are you dumb?
—Yellow Jacket.
* * * *
Director: Have you ever had any stage experience?
Applicant: Well, I had my leg in a cast once
* * * *
Ah!' ’Tis spring
De boid is on de wing
But that’s absoid
I’ve always hoid
The wing is on the boid.
—J. B.
D A.FFINITIONS:
Gin: Physical education.
Sherry: What Washington cut down.
Rum: Singular of what a house is divided into.
Bottle: A combat.
Drunk: The main part of a tree.
Set-Ups: Morning exercise.
Soap: When soft is used on teachers.
* * * *
Jockey (who has just won Kentucky Derby): “I
just kept whispering in my horse’s ear a little poem
I made up—‘Roses are red, violets are blue, horses
what lose are made into glue.’ ”
—Exchange
* * * *
Co-ed: You remind me of a fast clock.
Date: Explain that, my proud beauty.
Co-ed: Well, your hands go around my waist so
quickly, they alarm me.
—Mis-a-Sip
* * * *
Math Prof: Now watch the blackboard while 1
run through it once more. —Old Maid
* * * *
Then there was the woman who used to darn socks
for her husband. Now she socks her darn husband,
♦ * * *
Guess who is this week’s personality hit? Yes, we
know and you know that she has everything that it
takes to get along—charm, poise, personality, beauty,
and most of all a wonderful sense of humor. This
trait helps her to be the most outstanding leader on
the campus. When I say outstanding, I mean that
she is our leader and a guide in all student activities.
Now I know that you know that the personality
hit is the PRESIDENT OF STUDENT GOVERN-
MENT. Who else has EVERYTHING?
* * * *
Pardon me, Mrs. Astor, but that never would have
happened if you hadn’t stepped between me and that
spittoon. —Exchange
* * * *
Smiggin: What makes cranberries red?
Smuggin: I’ll bite.
Smiggin: They saw the turkey dressing.
—Yellow Jacket
I had sworn to be a bachelor,
She had sworn to be a bride,
But I guess you know the answer—
(She had nature on her side).
—Black and Blue JaJ
IMPROVEMENTS
They built a building,
A wonderful modern structure.
Brick, copper, glass,
Each serving its functional purpose.
It was a fine building—
A very fine building—
But it ruined the view.
* * , * * 1
Miss Brooke: What do you think of the chaperoO5
at Alabama College entertainments?
Alise: There are too many of them; always
whole slew of ’em strung up on the wall.
* * * *
Confucius say—George Washington took his
ride when he took a hack at the cherry tree.
* * * *
Confucius say—The only difference between A®
dlers and violinists is a hair cut.
* * * *
Confucius say—Boy meets girl—a movie.
* * * *
Confucius say—never look a dreamy girl in
eye—or you might have a night mare.
* * * *
Confucius say—Hit dog howl.
* * * #
Confucius say—Kick in the pants reduces svV
in the head.
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MARCH 11, 1940
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Color Variety Is
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Spring dresses to wear all sum-
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gtiop- They come in newest pocket
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Tke fabrics are rayon alpaca,
gwisPark DuPont» and pinpoint
stieer by Bemberg. Rayon alpaca
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’of. P- S.—It holds pleats, too.
gWispark is a new long-wearing Du-
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pinpoint sheer is quite cool and
demurely see-throughable.
The dresses run the gamut from
gay blue-green and natural bolero
■easant — “y” frock with a henna-
colored stitching to a neat, sedate
navy coat-dress with fresh pique
piping around the neck and small
breast pockets that run into ac-
cordion pleated panels.
Another dress is warm pinkish
lilac with blue-dotted flower aplique
going down over large puffed pock-
ets. A crisp black and white check-
ed bolero model with red trim is
news.
. SPORTS .
By Sara Harris, Sports Editor
Miss Currin Conducts
Study Course for Y.W.A.
Miss Elma Currin, southwide
young women’s associate, and Da-
vis Wooley, Baptist student secre-
tary at Auburn, will come to the
campus for a week of religious ob-
servance, beginning Sunday, March
24.
Miss Currin will speak at vespers
services on Easter Sunday and will
continue her work through the
week. She will conduct the Y. W. A.
study course at the Baptist church,
March 25-27. The book which the
members will study is BELIEVERS
and builders usr europe by
Mrs. Charles E. Maddrey. She will
hold conferences with individual
students during her stay.
Mr. Wooley will conduct evange-
listic services at the Baptist church
during the week of March 24.
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the Degree of Bachelor of Science
in Nursing for two additional years
of approved college work before or
after the course in Nursing. The
entrance requirements are intelli-
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from an accredited high school.
After 1940 two years of college
work will be required. The annual
tuition of $100 covers the cost of
uniforms, books, student govern-
ment fees, etc. Catalogues, applica-
tion forms and information about
college requirements may be obtain-
ed from the Admission Committee.
Folk dancing, modern dancing,
clogging, tumbling, and badminton
were demonstrated at the Field
House, Monday night, March 4.
The one group activity not shown
was sleeping gym. Any observations
desired on this phase of the physi-
cal education non-activity can be
taken in the infirmary.
One clog was particularly dem-
onstrative as the performers wore
costumes. Peggy Smith looked the
perfect picture of chubby-cheeked,
blue-eyed babiness in her short
skirted polka dot dress. Amand
Palmer was a delightful man in her
“tom cat” overalls.
The tumbling class did little
tumbling, their balances were of
such precision.
The audience thoroughly enjoyed
the sports review of Alabama Col-
lege’s physical education depart-
ment, proving that all brain and
no brawn would be a rather unin-
teresting thing.
Much ado about something—def-
initely something as the four classes
put all their vim and vigor in the
annual basketball tournament.
The seniors and sophomores were
left to vie for the honor of being
basketball queens. In an unequaled
battle of skill the seniors easily
eliminated the juniors to the tune
of 56-1. The sophomores outclassed
the freshmen with a score of 25-1.
The seniors ^gain showed their
four years of intricate basketball
skill as they overran the freshmen
with the score 36-7. The sophomores
too won over the already beaten
juniors with 28-8.
The seniors conquered the sopho-
mores 32-30.
“ ’Taint who wins the game, but
the way it’s played” is .still the
Alabama College motto; but that
doesn’t prevent any person from
putting their all in a game.
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I J. Arthur MacLean
Lectures on East
J. Arthur MacLean, curator of
Oriental art at Toledo Museum of
Art, will spend three days on the
campus, March 18-19, when he will
lecture on the Far East.
Bringing a small, carefully chosen
exhibit of photographs and slides
representing the art of the three
principal Oriental nations, India,
China, and Japan, from earliest
periods down to modem times, Mr.
MacLean will give personal inter-
views as well as his classroom ap-
pearances on the subject.
The program is being presented
to the college by the Association of
American Colleges in order to give
the student some idea of the mag-
nitude of Oriental influence on
American thought.
MacLean says, “To most of our
college students, the Far East is
just a vague blotch on the map, in-
habited by the yellow race. Yet the
Orient, in its history, in its religion
and philosophy, its science, its wel-
fare, and its peaceful arts, has so
influenced Western civilization that
scarcely a subject in the curriculum
is untouched by it.”
Mr. MacLean has lieen curator of
Toledo museum for the past 13
years. A New Englander by birth,
now nearing 60, he has made the
Far East his life’s study and since
1902 has been associated with art
museums in Boston, Cleveland, In
dianapolis, and Chicago.
Two Great Stories
Live on Screen
VIGIL IN THE NIGHT—Thursday
and Friday, March 14-15.
A glowing tribute to those valiant
women who devote their energies
to caring for the sick is “Vigil in
the Night,” movie drama taken
from Dr. A. J. Cronin’s great novel
of the same name.
Carole Lombard rises superbly
to serious acting in the role of a
loyal nurse of high ideals. Anne
Shirley is Carole’s sister miscast in
the nursing profession. Action be-
gins when Carole takes the blame
for a death through Anne’s negli-
gence. Carole loses her job and
goes to a hospital at which Brian
Aherne is head surgeon. She wins
the doctor’s commendation by sav-
ing a patient from death during a
serious operation and by helping
perform a delicate brain operation
on the scene of a bus accident.
Carole Lombard shows great
courage when she assumes the
responsibility for ordering much
needed supplies.
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE
DAME — Sunday and Monday,
March 17-18.
The hunchback of Victor Hugo’s
imagination lives again in Charles
Laughton’s portrayal of this piti-
ful character of the Dark Ages.
Charles Laughton’s mask as the
shrewd hunchback is a modern
masterpiece of realism. It catches
the gray mood of Hugo’s own words
and ideas with modern technical
perfection. Charles Laughton ex-
cels as the miserable, colorful moron
of the Notre Dame bell tower, who
found in his crooked spirit a quality
called compassion, which made him
one of the feeble lights glimmering
through the murkiness of the mid-
dle ages.
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Mr. J. H. Henning has been ap-
pointed a member of the Men’s Ex-
tempore Speaking Contest commit-
tee and a member of the Commit-
tee on Constitutional Revision for
the National Tournament of Pi
Kappa Delta which will be held in
Knoxville, Tennessee, March 25-30.
Mary Green Johns will be pre-
sented in her senior speech recital,
giving her own arrangement of
George Bernard Shaw’s PYG-
MALION, Thursday, March 14, at
eight o’clock in Reynolds theatre.
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MARCH 11, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama Colie
Alumnotes
Approximately 380 former stu-
dents of Alabama College returned
to the campus for Homecoming at
College Night. Fifty-nine homesick
members of last year’s graduating
class’came back to their Alma
Mater. There were large represen-
tations from other classes as well
—55 members of the class of ’38; 34
of the class of ’36; 27 of the class
of ^37; 19 of the class of ’33; 18 of
the class of ’34; and 14 of the class
of ’35 were present. Other alumnae
ranged from the class of 1902 to
those who would have graduated in
the class of 1942.
Ellen Fisch, ’37, is writing the
script for a radio program about
our Hi Cappa Cappa club (for tall
girls at Alabama College) which is
to be broadcast soon from New
York. Ellen is now teaching at
Catherine, Ala.
* * *
Guy Lois Dickey, ’37, now study-
ing at Columbia university, was
recently elected president of the
English club at Teachers college, is
president of Whittier hall, and is a
member of Kappa Delta Pi and the
Graduate club.
Easter Rabbits—Candies
and Beautiful Cards
HICKS
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Pure As Driven Snow
Try-outs for the all-student
production, “Pure As Driven
Snow,” will be held March 14-
15 from 7:00 o’clock to 9:00
o’clock p m. on Reynolds stage,
according to Mr. Jack Warfield.
Final tryouts will be March 16.
Tryouts for this melodrama are
open to the entire student body;
the cast will be expected to sing.
Pearl Thomas, ’34, is head of the
home economics department in the
senior high school at Newark, Dela-
ware, and is critic teacher for stu-
dents of the University of Delaware
who do their practice teaching in
home economics.
• * *
Bert Barnette, ’36, now has a sec-
retarial position with the Swift
Packing company in Birmingham.
Until recently, Bert was working
in New York.
* * *
Minnie Holman Vaughan, ’24, is
now working with the Visual Edu-
cation department of the D. P. W.
in Birmingham. She was on the
campus recently with an interesting
exhibit.
* * *
Marguerite Harrison, ’33, has
transferred from the State Depart-
ment of Public Welfare in Mont-
gomery to Jasper where she is a
case superivsor.
Mary Toler Howard Kennedy has
a son, William E. Kennedy, Jr.,
born February 4.
Candy
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ENJOY SOME EVERY DAY
Three-Act Comedy
Given by Seniors
The senior class of Montevallo
high school will present “The
Youngest,” a three-act comedy by
Philip Barry, Wednesday evening at
8 o’clock, in Palmer auditorium.
Miss Elizabeth Utterback is director
of the play.
“The Youngest” is a glamorized
version of Cinderella in which the
hero, a dominated boy, meets up
with a charming busybody. Shout-
ing takes place when the pathetic
son finds the vigor within himself
to assert himself and show he is
really a man.
Characters are John Orr, Richard
Winslow; Anne Appleton, Nancy
Blake; Eloise Shores, Mrs. Winslow;
Bobby Cleary, Oliver Winslow;
Brewer Carpenter, Mark Winslow;
Louise Lovelady, Augusta Winslow;
Julian Hill, Alan Martin; Gertrude
Kirkley, Muff Winslow; and Sara
Nell Stockdale, Katie.
Dr. Trumbauer To Take
Play to North Carolina
This college is one of nine schools
invited to present plays at the
University of North Carolina fes-
tival, April 4-6. Dr. W. H. Trum-
bauer has chosen the drama, “Dark
Holiday,” by Jack Barefield, for-
merly of Birmingham, to be pro-
duced.
The festival celebrates the twen-
ty-first anniversary at the Univer-
sity of North Carolina of Dr. Fred-
erick Koch who has done pioneer
work in the development and crea-
tion of southern drama. He has
also fostered the Carolina Play-
makers. Included in the festival will
be a complete review of southern
drama, nationally known speakers,
and plays given by nine groups.
“Dark Holiday” is a one-act play
of marked force and power about a
mining community in which a
strike grows out of long-standing
labor differences.
Write!
The TOWER staff wants to re-
mind you that you have several
weeks yet in which to work on that
poem, short story, or brainchild in
some other guise, to be printed in
the spring issue. We request that
you submit your contribution to
one of the editors as soon as pos-
sible and not later than April 10.
The spring issue of the literary
magazine will follow in general the
characteristics of the first issue.
The variety will depend on your
willingness to contribute. We are
particularly interested in a good
short story as requested repeatedly
by our readers.
Tri Beta
(Continued from page 1)
club, and has participated in sev-
eral campus plays.
Ellen Bonner Jones, junior from
Camden, has served as member of
the Biology club, Student Senate,
Die Deutsche Gesellschaft, German
club, Delta Phi Alpha, national
honorary German fraternity, and
the Student Executive board.
Maxine Phillips, Birmingham,
has been a member of the Biology
club, Physical Science club, Inter-
national Relations club, and hall
chairman.
Alumnae members who have ac-
cepted the invitation to join Beta
Beta Beta are Isabel Henderson,
Mobile; Grace Etheridge, Town
Creek; Martha Lowery,Tampa,Fla.;
Edna Henton Smith, Birmingham;
Aeolian McRee, Clanton; Orlyn
Hill, Birmingham.
Dr. C. G. Sharp, head of the bi-
ology department, and Dr. Zoe C.
Black, instructor in biology, are
faculty members of the new so-
ciety.
A. E. A. Luncheon
Is Held March 15
Alumnae, faculty, students
VO
friends of Alabama College are
dially invited to attend the an^
A. E, A. luncheon to be held pj
day, March 15, at 12:30 in the pJ
cock ballroom of the Tutwiler H
tel in Birmingham. jrji
The program for the lunchJJT'
will be interesting and informal X
will include talks by President! A
F. Harman, Dean T. H. Napier, d/*-
Miss Rochelle Rodd Gachet
will discuss the program of
college in its relation with
alumnae. Mrs. Eloise Lee ZerwiX,
who was elected president of yCf<
Alumnae association at Homecojfc,
ing, will preside. P*
The Birmingham Alumnae chaj
ter, under the presidency of Clyd
Merrill Maguire, will assist in tiuver
arrangements for the luncheon. ' ^
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Alabama College Senior Lor
Is N. S. C. Delegate lion
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Christine Griffin, senior, has beeP’cl(
elected as one of six representiim*
tives from the Southern provMjon
of Pi Kappa Delta to the NationT,
Student congress to be held j ,
Knoxville, Tennessee, March 2
through 30, simultaneously with th
National Pi Kappa Delta tourna
ment.
This year’s national congress wlspee
be unicameral in nature modele »al
after Nebraska’s legislature. Th,en(
Southern province of Pi Kapp’.
Delta includes Virginia, South Caro3inc
lina, North Carolina, Florida, Gtoriee<
gia, Alabama, and Mississippi. 5eei
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MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, MARCH 25, 1940
NUMBER 14
'<3irls Compete
for Two Days
{At School Meet
five Interest Fields
jCreate Stimulation of
:ot$tudy on These Lines
had
Students from high schools in
tivery section of the state will as-
semble on the campus on April 4
[0r two days of contests in home
gnomics, speech, physical educa-
■jon, music, and art. The meet opens
officially with a meeting at 10:00
clock in Palmer hall at which
ntjlime the chairmen of the five sec-
intjons will announce the final plans
the contests.
Special Fields
rnj
The five special fields of the In-
ter-High School Meet—art, music,
wi) speech, home economics, and physi-
eleijal education—are included in the
eneral program of the college.
Since these subjects, 'vital to the
<iro
needs of young women, have not
Jeen given full recognition in some
lisiigh schools, the college serves the
hei state doubly by promoting interest
in these fields among the high
schools as well as on its own cam-
pus.
Furthermore, by bringing to-
gether high school representatives
to enjoy a few days the atmosphere
jf college life, the Inter - High
School Meet stimulates the interest
if hundreds of girls who otherwise
night not realize the advantages of
:ontinuing their preparation for
ife’s work.
Any School Eligible
Any Alabama high school, public
>r private, accredited or non-ac-
iredited, may participate in all
:ontests except Play Day, for which
membership in the State High
school Athletic association is re-
[uired.
All individuals offering exhibits
Ir taking part in contests must be
ipproved by high schools at which
hey are bona fide undergraduate
tudents.
Mr. w. J. Kennerly, chairman of
Pe committee for the meet, wishes
express his appreciation for the
Operative spirit of college stu-
ents who make the Inter - High
^hool Meet.
GleeClub WillMake
Spring Concert Tour
The spring tour of the Glee club
which will be made during spring
holidays, April 6-10, will include
concerts in numerous cities of Ala-
bama.
Twenty-eight members of the or-
ganization will make the trip which
begins with a concert at Roberts-
dale high school auditorium, April
6. Sunday programs will be at the
Christian church in Fairhope and
the Murphy high school in Mobile.
Four concerts will be sung, Mon-
day, April 8, at Baldwin county
high school, Bay Minette; Escam-
bia county high school, Atmore;
the high school at Flomaton; and
the high school in Evergreen.
The Glee club will sing at the
high schools in Frisco City, Mon-
roeville, Camden, and Catherine,
Tuesday, April 9.
Concerts for thS last day will in-
elude appearances at Albert G.
Parrish high school. Selma, Greens-
boro, and Uniontown.
Students who will make the trip
are: Eloise Jones, Edith Dees, Jane
Pitman, Elizabeth McDowell, Eliza-
beth Griffin, Mary Alison, Lenore
Oliver, Von Ceil Hines, Louise Wal-
lace, Frances LaGrone, Evelyn Ali-
son, Sue Tucker, Genevieve Creagh,
Margaret Stallworth, Eloise Hooper,
Sara James, Lois Anne Smith, Mar-
garet McAllister, Olive Bames,
Marjorie Burgin, Cathleen Waddell,
Adele Holder, Fay Prater, Naomi
Favor, Flidera Tapia, Mary Barton
Ware, and Edna Hays.
Op en House
The senior class will keep
“open house” from 4:30 to 5:30
on Tuesday afternoon, March
26, at which time the faculty
and students of Alabama Col-
lege with their friends are cor-
dially invited to inspect Tut-
wiler hall.
The girls will be in their
rooms, to receive visitors and the
entire dormitory will be open
for their inspection. Punch will
be served in the Fun Room and
there will be persons designated
to guide groups over the build-
ing.
junior Play "Double Door” Has Received
raise From New York and London Critics
heatre critics are hard nuts to
r.ck. They make their living by
F11® abundantly of Bronx cheers
SParsely orchids. They at-
li ^rs*‘ nights w^h big cigars
tem'18 °U^ 0f ^heir mouths and
foreboding grins on their
Jrrn watch the entire per-
. anee with dead pan expres-
S' Then they go home and kill
fcp on their typewriters or
er send it down the years to
bav ity- The latter’ thank
boilK?’ WaS the fate °f the play’
lass f Door,’’ which the junior
Ip °f Alabama College is present-
5s their annual contribution to
U6g(
[Odu,
e drama, when it was first
0n Long Island a number
$*** ago.
1st i<r the starvation fare of the
wo months, ‘Double Door’ is
*°Uld husk a hungry man
>tw sfize. ...» was the unusual
w fit made by the critic of the
0w ORk times. The NEW
Ttit n, AMerICAN critic almost
| d er double to praise. . . “This
Ntv Serve® especial thanks and
bej+v,praise- ... It returns us to
^d i,!S? and fascination and fine
^anv uhe theatre- • • •”
>Htlv hardened critics were evi-
0Verwhelmed by the magni-
ficence of the tense and mysterious
atmosphere. The NEW YORK
EVENING POST thought “It forces
an audience to lose its detachment,
to become a part of it. . . It makes
you writhe and twist in suspense.”
The NEW YORK MIRROR wrote
that “Once you are within the ra-
dius of ‘Double Door’ you will re-
main transfixed until you know
what’s behind it.”
Even1 the British were impressed
with the play when it was done in
England, for THE ERA, London,
carried a review. . . “It is colossal,
almost incredible. It begins quietly,
though trenchantly; it grows pant-
ingly to a grand climax in full stat-
ure. . . ” THE CHRONICLE, Lon-
don, ran this impressive notice:
“Elizabeth McFadden, the American
author of ‘Double Door’, knows the
value of suggestion. That mys'frerious
room meant melodrama. . . . The
audience sighed with anticipation
. . . . the author has painted the
character of Victoria with telling
strokes.”
So the critics came, saw, and were
conquered. . . as will be all those
who come to see the junior class
present “Double Door,” March 29,
Palmer hall, 8:15 p.m......The
most thrilling event of the year!
OTTO LUENING
ETHEL LUENING
Otto and Ethel Luening, Famed
Musicians, Will Be Presented Here
In Joint Concerts April 11 to 13
Otto and Ethel Luening, outstanding among musicians of note, will
come to the campus, April 11-13, from Bennington college, Vermont,
where Mr. Luening is head of the division of music.
Mr. Luening, flutist, has concertised for the last nine years with his
wife, who is a soprano, throughout the United States and Canada. He
was born in Milwaukee and began
his study of music at the Academy
of Music in Munich, Germany, at
the age of fourteen. One year later
he made his debut in Munich be-
fore a Bavarian princess. Mr. Luen-
ing returned to the United States
in 1920 and began his work in
choral conducting, especially his di-
rection of the premier performance
of Cadman’s “Shanewis,” and com-
position. His most famous com-
position is his opera “Evangeline”
which he has written in addition
to some forty other musical num-
bers, including radio and stage mu-
sical comedies.
Ethel Luening, Canadian by birth,
has also studied in German and at
the Eastman School of Music. Her
formal debut was in the Town Hall
in New York, and her other appear-
ances include Carnegie hall, the
Barbizon series, and the Steinway
hall. Her pet interest is in Ameri-
can folk songs, especially those of
Carl Sandburg, whose “American
Songbag” she has offered to her
own accompaniment on the guitar.
Four Appearances
The Luenings will make four ap-
pearances on April 11. They are:
Convocation in Palmer auditorium
at 12 o’clock, a meeting with the
orchestra at 4:30 o’clock, conduct-
ing of the Glee club at 6:30 o’clock,
and an informal concert in Calkins
auditorium at 8:15 o’clock of Amer-
ican music, old and new.
Their formal concert will be giv-
en in Palmer auditorium Friday
night, April 12, at 8:15.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Luening will
be available for individual confer-
ences at Reynolds hall, Thursday
afternoon and Friday morning.
In their work the Luenings are
concerned with the musical life of
the entire campus. Believing as
they do that music is in some way
involved in all human activity—
that there is appropriate music for
every occasion, day and night, in
work or play, indoors or out, the
Luenings’ idea is to encourage such
a musical awareness—“preach the
musical life.”
Artists Are Educational
The two artists are brought to
the campus by the Association of
American Colleges, who arranges
concert tours for outstanding per-
formers in the belief that “every
visitor to a college campus, no mat-
ter what the nature of his particu-
lar interest, has something to con-
tribute to the fullness of education,
and the college stands to gain quite
as much from his personal contact
with faculty and students as from
the specific things which he may
have come to do.
Medical Satire
Of Fun and Quacks
Is Coming Drama
“Dr. Knock,” a satire on the med-
ical profession, particularly quacks,
by Jules Romains will be presented,
April 19, by the College Theatre.
The leading character is not a
doctor at all, as his title would in-
fer, but a high-pressure salesman.
Dr. Knock makes a marvelous suc-
cess by selling sickness to the com-
munity. By the third act Dr.
Knock’s practice has grown so im-
mensely that he is obliged to take
over a hotel for hospital space.
Dr. Walter H. Trumbauer, direc-
tor, has selected the following cast:
Virginia Nancarrow, Jean; Mary
Sterne, Dr. Parpalaid; Lois Blake,
Dr. Knock; Mary Louise Rheay,
Madame Parpalaid; Jeanne Espy,
the town crier; Jean Vick, Bernard;
Amanda Keelyn, Mousqet; Phyllis
Korth, the farmer’s wife; Frances
Croley, Madame Pous; Ezelle Bon-
ner and Mabel Wesley, country fel-
lows; Shirley Snead, Madame
Remy; Frances Williams, Scipio;
and Mary Hellon Moore, a nurse.
*7lease Vote!
Don’t forget that the polls are
open Thursday, March 28, from
1:30 to 6:00, for spring elections.
Come and vote for your new
representatives!
A.A.H.P.E.R. Will Hold
Southern Meeting
At Birmingham In March
The Southern Convention of the
American Association for Health,
Physical Education, and Recrea-
tion is to be held in Birmingham,
March 25-30. Alabama College will
be represented.
The imposing title is rightly used
as the convention has representa-
tives from both colleges and uni-
versities in the southern states. An
outstanding group of directors,
teachers, etc., will speak. Modern
dance, sports, and recreational act-
ivities will be demonstrated. Prom-
inent professors and teachers will
be assembled here. The southern
convention of the national organ-
ization, A. A. H. P. E. R., is no mere
three alphabet PWA or NYA, but a
six-letter organization that can
really bespeak its importance.
T welve Seniors
Are Pledges
In New Society
Senior Honor Society
Has Been Organized
By Presidents Council
Twelve seniors, because of their
outstanding records, have became
charter members of the senior hon-
orary society, just organized by the
Presidents council. The members,
chosen from a group of forty eli-
gibles, are: Bettie Archibald, Ever-
green; Mary Diamond, Birming-
ham; Kapsoon Kim, Kapsoon, Ko-
rea; Jean Letson, Columbiana;
Celia Methvin, Roanoke; Birdie
Margaret Moorer, Georgiana; Mar-
tha Terry, Greensboro; Madie Belle
Ward, Montevallo; Eva Love Wyatt,
Decatur; Amand Palmer, Eutaw;
Mildred Clotfelter, Birmingham;
Elizabeth Stanley, Birmingham.
Purpose of Society
The honorary society has as its
purpose to honor those seniors who,
for four years, have been outstand-
ing in leadership, unselfish service,
personality, and scholarship. “It
seems to me fitting,” said Jean Let-
son, chairman of the Presidents
Council, “that, with so many hon-
orary societies on the campus up-
holding high scholarship qualifica-
tions, we have one organization
which recognizes such qualities as
those listed above as primary rather
than the scholastic alone.”
The Presidents council had dis-
cussed in the fall, the chance of
organizing a Mortar Board chap-
ter on the campus. A committee of
five of its members, in collabora-
tion with an advisory faculty com-
mittee including Dean T. H. Napier,
Mrs. Mary M. McCoy, and Miss
Elizabeth Stockton, set up general
Standards for (selecting the “eli-
gibles.” The members will draw up
a constitution of their own, includ-
ing it its laws, the requirements for
Mortar Board, and will select their
advisers.
Possibility of Mortar Board
After five years functioning as
a service to the college, the society
will be submitted for approval by
Mortar Board. The members this
year will be charter members of
that organization, and all those
chosen during the next four years
will be members.
Mortar Board is an honorary so-
ciety ranking along the top lines
with Phi Beta Kappa. Members in
its chapters are considered the real
leaders of college and the future.
Senate Will Sponsor
Programs to Emphasize
College Highlights
The Senate Alumnae committee
is sponsoring a series of convoca-
tion programs to be held in April
presenting highlights in the "his-
tory of Alabama College* On Thurs-
day, April 18, Dr. Hallie Farmer,
head of the history department,
will speak on the history of the
college. Dean T. H. Napier will talk
on the operation and standing of
the college, and Dr. Minnie L.
Steckel will speak on college tradi-
tions and customs on Tuesday, April
23.
Before these programs Miss Fran-
cess Ribble, alumnae secretary, will
present each class a scrapbook to
be kept throughout the years. The
Senate Alumnae committee includes
Martha Terry, chairman, Elvelyn
Motes, Frances Page, Helen Hope,
Balch, Margaret Stallworth, Doro-
thy Sandlin, Eva Love Wyatt, Anne
Wills, Sara Peck Weaver, and Nell
Wooten.
Page 2
MARCH 25, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama Colle,
EDITORIALS
What? Why? Who?
Ding-a-ling. . . . Give me the operator of the
Grapevine System. . . . Hello, students. . . . Sh-h!
Do you know what our faculty is up to?. ... We
hear even Dr. Reinke took up an entire class period
.... and those looks on the faces of some of our
staid faculty. . . . That dreamy-eyed expression. . .
a dazed look of disbelief. ... or belief. . . . some
of them, why you’d have thought they’d just “got
religion.”
That strange man on campus, . . . who was he?
.... Mr. MacLean. . . . well, he’s in it somewhere
.... and several nights late, until wee hours, we
noticed dim lights burning in Comer: . . . Wonder
why they kept the students out?. . . .
The expressions. . . . the behavior in classes. . . .
the mysterious air about the whole thing. ... we
just can’t catch on. . . . not that we’ve anything
against a good mystery. . . . what?. ... oh, horrors,
no.....we weren’t gossiping. . . . sticking our nose
in?. . . . no, we were just wondering. . .
Congratulations, "Colonel"
Let us take this opportunity to extend our con-
gratulations to Mr. Shelby Southard, executive sec-
retary, for his election as secretary-treasurer of
the southern district of the Association of College
Publicity Directors.
“Colonel” Southard is one of our latest new-
comers. Until this year he has been closely asso-
ciated wi,th Birmingham-Southern college. Since
his coming, “Colonel” has become an indispensable
part of the college staff. It is through his guidance
and help as adviser, that the ALABAMIAN has ac-
complished the few “great” things which it boasts.
It is with the sincerest regards that we, the en-
tire staff, offer our congratulations and best wishes
for your still greater success, Mr. Southard.
At It Again ! !
We’re back on the same old trail—one that your
parents started and we won’t let you detour—•
WATCH YOUR MANNERS, BE COURTEOUS.
This time it’s Concert-Lecture. 'f'he unusually an-
noying disturbance was noticed long before the ap-
pearance of Argentinita and her Spanish Dancers,
but it was this particular occasion that has been
called to our attention by several of our classmates.
Let us appeal to you, not because we want some-
thing to fuss about—but from the standpoint of
courtesy and right.
We may argue back and forth all day and get
nowhere. To simplify matters, and “get it over,
quick,” in collaboration with, what Emily Post would
think, let’s set up a group of rules to follow:
1. Be on time for all programs.
2. Note the blink of lights and be ready for the
curtain.
3. Don’t talk after the house lights have been
turned out.
4. If you wish to listen, stay; if you’d rather play,
go home.
5. Show your appreciation by your applause.
6. If you don’t know when to applaud, watch
someone who does.
7. Cultivate an appreciative attitude.
You may read and forget them if you wish. But
you who truly wish to uphold and upbuild the repu-
tation of our college students and faculty, will make
an honest effort to improve the general attitude at
Concert-Lecture programs.
BERGERSON
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON COED.
WON THE NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE
INDIVIDUAL SMALL BORE RIFLE
CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A PERFECT
SCORE OF 500 /
R.6. GALLOWAY
HAS ATTENDED THE FORMAL
OPENING OF ERSVC1NE COLLEGE
FOR 78 CONSECUTIVE YEARS/
©ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS
Evanston, Illinois, high school students, as-
sembling in their auditorium, to hear the Coe college
band, wa ited half an hour, discovered there had been
a 30-day error in dates.
Campus
Gossip
By 3 Snoops
Hiya, chillun,
This is ye ole campus snoop com-
ing at you again. You know we
promised .you a sho nuff spicy
column this issue and there’s just
where the rub comes in! You know,
even though the constitutional
rights say “free "speech,” there are
still some things that the ALA-
BAMIAN can’t print—but we’ll do
the best we can to let you in on
the campus dirt.
By the way, we were passing
through Ramsay the other night
and things were so quiet over there
that one could have easily heard a
pin drop. It sorta reminded us of
the poem, “ ’Twas the night before
Christmas, and all through the
house, not a creature was stirring,
not even a mouse,” till we dropped
in on a card game on the bottom
floor. There we were able to get in
on a twit of Ramsay gab. Just a
word of warning to Sister Pratt of
the house of Tutwiler: Your man
Kenneth (that tall job) seems to
have an admirer in Ramsay. Maybe
it would be better if we said an
interested second party. Maybe you
aren’t quite up to his beautiful
height, Pratt, and the truck drivers’
heartbeat would like to drape him
on the running board of her truck.
“Hold .your man,” Pratt. Six feet
eight of all masculinity is hard to
find—for some people.
Also some of the high and mighty
sophomores seem to think that the
seniors should furnish all the con-
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Change and Exchange
Squirrels are bright
Though impolite,
As we cultured humans view them
They wisely eat
The nuts they meet,
While we just listen to them.
—Los Angeles Collegi,
* * * ♦
“You should see those two cooks tangle. A%(
feud in the galley.”
“Yeah, I know—I ate some of it.
—Crow’s lj{
* * * *
Mother (to small child): “Hush, dear, the saj]
man will be here soon.”
Child: “O.K., Mom, gimme two lollypops an^
won’t tell daddy.” —Ashland College
Weather Report—
Chili today and hot tamale.
/
—The Bree
veniences of a swanky hotel for
they were overheard to make the
remark that “You girls (speaking
of the seniors) were such match-
less girls!” Now, according to the
seniors, that could be taken three
ways, and they don’t like either
way! Don’t you know sophomores
should be seen and not heard? Even
then, the less seeing would be bet-
ter, both for you and others. It is
already rumored that one of ye
lucky (?) sophs who is living in
Ramsay shall have the privilege of
blowing the rising bugle at some
wee hour of the morning during the
senior frolics, to you we mean
Crook Week. Usually that high
privilege goes to some DESERVING
junior, but there are exceptions to
every rule, as some people know.
Incidentally, Phoebe, when did
people take such an interest in your
affairs? Is it that they’re just be-
ing sour because they haven’t the
friends you have, or are they just
downright jealous of your visiting
in Tutwiler? It’s funny, but the
crowd you run around with happens
to live in Tutwiler, but you seem
to have a bunch that really are in-
terested in your personal affairs.
Too bad! Why can’t people keep
their noses outa other folks’ busi-
ness—it pays, so they tell us.
You know, Europe has her melt-
ing pot, America has her Green-
wich Village, every country boasts
of her neutrality pact, but Tutwiler
hall has them all beat! It is all
that and the Ritz-Carleton rolled
into one. All the latest wars, peace
pacts and neutrality pacts are
openly and broadly discussed from
time to time. Two or three times
this past week the hall nearly went
up in flames — especially when
Hazel MoTrow would beat out those
stacatto steps from her door up the
hall. Boy, it’s no secret when the
people over there get mad at each
other. What’s the matter, Hazel,
can’t you make up your mind? Or-
linarily that isn’t a hard job to
do, but you seem to be having a
little difficulty — you and a few
others. •
Oh, yes, “Cookie,” we notice that
you have a decided preference just
who and what will take you when
and where. But maybe it’s a good
thing that the senior class of 1936
didn’t live in a swanky place with
an eectric elevator in it. Probably
it would have been overrun moreso
than the one in Tutwiler is now.
Savvy? If not, remember how the
class of ’40 lived in Ramsay their
freshman year?
This next is just -a general re-
mark not made maliciously or any
other way, but it’s just like one of
those Confucius sayings—(riot the
latest one, by the way, from Dona-
hoo). Anyhow, Confucius say, “Peo-
ple who live in glass houses—throw
no bricks—else you get your own
house busted up.”
’Nite, chillun — see you in jail,
probably, for passing this gossip on
to you! This is ye ole campus
snoop signing off.
In the spring the weaker sex is often the strong,
sex because of the weakness of the stronger sex
the weaker sex. —Indiana Daily Studet
* * * *
I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree;
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I’ll never see a tree at all. —Rigtit
* * * *
FOO-LO SOPHY
Old proverb: Life begins at forty.
Song hit: Life Begins When You’re in Love.
Late movie: Life Begins at College.
So now you have to be a forty-year-old, love-
college student to really live. —Teacol
♦ * * *
This limerick was worth one pass—
I once knew a fellow named Guesser
Whose knowledge grew lesser and lesser.
It at last got so small
He knew nothing at all,
And now he’s a college professor.
—Plainsmai
* * * *
REGISTRATION CARD
Name—Mabel.
Address—Here.
Age—Once a year.
Parents—Mother and Father.
Where graduated—From auditorium stage.
When graduated—Commencement night.
Class standing—So was I.
Course—Due East.
Color of eyes—Bloodshot.
Color of hair—Changes too often.
Weight—Wait yourself, I’m in a hurry.
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the high chair.
said the baby, pointing
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—Tiger
* * * *
DAFFYNITIONS
Pigeon—Baseball term, as “Dizzy Dean is pi
for the ‘Caras.’ ”
■Wedges—Reward, as, “The wedges of sin is death
Climate—The way to get up a tree.
Apparition—As in “Have you heard about my ap-
parition?’’
Fortification—Two twenty- fications.
Spanish—What Popey^ gets strong on.
Goatee—Young goat. (
Sausage—As in “I have never seen sausage boy.
Serene—Whistle on police car. #1
—The Teacol*
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Consarn—A business firm.
G. Whiz—An expert G-Man.
Pshaw—George Bernard’s last name. I
Golly—A deep-sided ditch, such as the Gra»|
Canyon. a
Professor—A hired bit of camouflage placeJ
around an athletic club to give it the appeara^j
of a university. J
Bachelor—A fellow who never makes the san>|
mistake once. J
Poet—A person who would rather write tha-n
Bigamist—A man who is broad-minded ab011
marriage. I
Bore—A person who talks instead of listening
you. / j,i
Ash tray—Something to put cigarette butts
when the room hasn’t a floor. J
Jury—A body of twelve persons of average ign°
ance. -Plains**
* * * *
How fat you is
You used to wasn’t
The reason is
You daily doesn’t.
* * * *
Mary had a little watch,
She swallowed it.
It’s gone.
Now every time that Mary walks,
Time marches on.
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MARCH 25, 1940
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Alumnotes
By Frances Ribble
Alumnae Secretary
• * *
Representatives from several
alumnae chapters over the state sat
together at the recent Alabama Col-
jege luncheon during A. E. A. and
exchanged ideas about their chap-
ter programs. Those present were:
Isabel Henderson, representing the
Mobile chapter; Dorothy Myrick
Gantt and Margaret Cook Holt, of
tne Elmore county chapter; Mary
Fleming Skipper, Geneva chapter;
Mary Willard Hall Huger, Anniston
chapter; Dorothy Lyles, Gadsden
chapter; Harriette Stripling, Mon-
tevallo chapter; Nathalie Molton
Gibbons, Birmingham chapter;
prances Lee, Cullman county chap-
ter; Mary Martin, Guntersville
chapter, and Gladys Love of the
Brewton chapter.
Alline Bell Oderkirk, ’25, a for-
mer member of the faculty and who
now lives in DeKalb, Illinois, was
at the luncheon with her three
children. Mrs. Oderkirk has been
visiting relatives in Alabama.
* * *
Marjorie Plank, ex-’34, has re-
cently finished a pictorial-historical
map of Gadsden for the City Com-
mission, which has been printed
and will soon be put on sale, Mar-
jorie has illustrated a published
history of Gadsden, and also sev-
eral children’s books, and has
painted the murals for the Alabama
City branch of the Gadsden Public
library.
* * *
Carmen Sierra, ex-’38, now Mrs.
John Hammond, has a daughter,
bom March 16, whom she has nam-
ed Evelyn Lorraine. Carmen is plan-
ning to spend the summer in Mexico
City where her husband, who is on
the faculty of the University of
Texas, will be doing research. Her
present address is 306 W. 13th St.,
Austin, Texas.
* * *
David Parker Hanson, son of
Charlotte Leeper Hanson, was born
recently.
Katherine Weaver Byers, ’33, has
a new daughter whom she has nam-
ed Elizabeth,
* * *
Recent weddings of alumnae in-
clude those of:
Ruth Cooley, ’39, who was mar-
(Continuel on page 4)
Skilled Organist
Will Be Presented
In Concert Series
“Virgil Pox is a player met with
only a few times in decades,” was
said of the youthful organist who
will appear here, Thursday, March
28, 8:15 o’clock at the console of
the Palmer auditorium Skinner.
One critic declared, “What to do
with an organist who plays the or-
gan like Mr. Fox does? Go and
hear him just as often as possible.”
Virgil Fox’s technique includes
clear and clever contrasts of regis-
tration, unusually speedy tempos,
and a preliminary shifting of rep-
ertoire possibilities. His playing has
been described as “penetratingly
beautiful, accurate, proficient, earn-
est, and vigorously youthful.” His
manual and pedal technique are
“phenomenal.”
Program
Virgil Fox will include two Bach
compositions, “Come Sweet Death”
and “Fugue in D Major,” on his
Montevallo program. “Fugue in D
Major’’ has been called “easily the
most outstanding number”, of many
of his programs. His playing always
demonstrates a remarkable under-
standing of “the innermost secret of
the art of Bach.” A Philadelphia
paper stated that “his technique is
gigantic. His triumph of the recital
was the ‘Fugue in D Major’ by Se-
bastian Bach.”
Among Fox’s remarkable feats?
will be the performance of Middle-
schulte’s “Perpetuum Mobile” for
pedals alone exhibiting extraordin-
ary skill and precision. In other
concerts Virgil Fox’s playing of this
selection has “proved the sound-
ness of his foundation technique by
making the pedal organ speak with
a surprisingly variety of tone.”
Other Numbers
McAuris’ “Dreams” will enable
young Fox to display his extremely
rare power of diminuendo. The
haunting melody of this piece will
be played with lightness and deli-
cacy on an inherently cumbersome
instrument.
Other numbers will be “Trumpet
Tune and Air” by that great mas-
ter of the organ, Purcell; Scherzo
from Vierne’s Second Symphony:
“Clare de Lune,” also by Vierne;
Garg-Elert’s “The Soul of the
Lake,” “Marche Religieuse” by Guil-
mant; and Mulet’s Toccata, “Thou
Art the Rock.”
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day, March 28, at 8:15.
Debaters Clash
Arguing Question
Of War Isolation
Agreed that we should stay out of
war, but vastly different ideas as
to how was the story told in the
debate with the negative team of
Washington and Jefferson univer-
sity, Washington, Pesnsylvania,
Thursday evening in Comer lecture
room. Peggy Kirk and Kate Cor-
coran took the affirmative side of
the Pi Kappa Delta question deal-
ing with strict isolation from bel-
ligerent nations. Jack Loynd and
Wesley Martin opposed them. W. B.
Swartz accompanied the debaters as
alternate debater.
Economic Poliiy
The economic side of the isola-
tionist policy presented the great-
est opportunity for discussion. It
was pointed out what an enormous
amount of money we have tied up
in this present European world
war—not invested but vulnerable to
anything that may take place in
this conflict. The affirmative team
stated that isolation would make
for (1) economic stability, (2) less
chance of entering into the present
world conflict, and (3) a trend to-
wards world peace. They quoted,
“Let us not deceive ourselves that
we can go halfway down the path
of war without getting in.”
Negative Team
The negative team advocated a
policy of countries unionizing under
a flag of peace. They pointed out
che impossibility of nations get-
ing together if they were not on
good trading terms. The offenders
off the question declared that iso-
lation would allow war-makers to
have a free hand. Why do we not
stop war, the crime, rather than
innocent trade?
This debate was notable in that
both teams stated their points in
such a manner that they could not
easily be lost in a garble of inci-
dental material. The debaters left
an unobstructed avenue open for
the layman to think out his own
solution — to have the American
people sell arms to friendly na-
tions who will pay for them or have
the United States remain utterly
aloof from all warring nations and
all aspects of the Second World
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Do you need! ideas for dinners or
banquets? The banquets given by
Miss Mary Blazek’s advanced meal
planning class will give you some
helpful and original suggestions.
Eloise Vincent gave a St. Patrick’s
Day dinner for Miss Tillman, Dr.
Peck, and Miss Lee. She carried out
the colors of white and green in
her place cards that were cut in
shamrock shapes. Typically Irish
was the centerpiece which was a
representation of a potato bed, the
potatoes being made of almond
paste covered with cocoa on a bed
of dirt, grainy chocolate fudge.
“Coast to Coast”
Since you can’t use the St. Pat-
rick’s dinner but once a year, here’s
an idea you can use any day of
the year. It’s a coast-to-coast din-
ner planned by Lucille Weaver and
given for the A. A. U. W. The din-
ner started in California, California
being the reception room of the
home economics office on the first
floor of Bloch. California orange
mist and Wisconsin cheese straws
were served buffet style to the
guests by waitresses dressed in
white as airline stewardesses.
Main Course
From California each guest went
to her home state for the main
course. All home states were con-
sidered as being in the dining room
on the second floor of Bloch. The
centerpiece of the table was a map
of the United States with stream-
ers from the states to the place
(Continue! on page 4)
Recent Graduate
Is Now Dietitian
At State College
One of the Alabama College grad-
uates making good in the home ec-
onomics field is Louise Yeager, now
dietitian at Livingston State Teach-
ers college. She was back here the
other night to tell the Dietetics
club all about what to expect in
one’s first year as dietitian.
She is furnishing her kitchen in
Livingston with modem equipment.
She has also raised the standards of
good food there and is dealing with
her problems very efficiently. She
likes her t work but reminds those
who aspire to be dietiatians that
it is really work with not so much
play, especially the first year.
Story Telling Group
Adds Two New Members
Two new members have been add-
ed to the Storytelling grout) which
will meet, March 31, at the home of
Miss Ellen-Haven Gould, its spon-
sor.
The meeting will take the form of
a storytelling hour after which a
waffle supper will be served to the
members. The membership consists
of those students who wish to
maintain an active interest in
storytelling. The new members are
Kate Corcoran and Christine Grif-
fin. Other members are Gladys Ful-
ler, president; Pauline McCool,
secretary-treasurer; Mary Kelly
Porter, Irene Swift, and Kapsoon
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MARCH 25, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Irene Swift Will Be
Leading Character
In Junior Production
“I hope you can see it end—if
you can find a Victoria—you can
do it. . . ” was the comment of
PLAYERS’ MAGAZINE, official
publication of National Collegiate
Players, outstanding honor society
for student actors, after the first
production of “Double Door.”
The junior class of Alabama Col-
lege has found their Victoria in the
person of Irene “Tippy” Swift, jun-
ior speech major of Gadsden. Ironi-
cally enough, Tippy is just exactly
not like Victoria Van Brett. For
where victoria was unpopular as
the every Old Nick himself, Tippy
has always been the recipient of
many honors from her classmates.
Not only was she chosen as their
representative to the executive
board, but she was selected to be
one of three junior Publications'
Board members.
However, by dint of hard work
and loads of acting ability, she has
managed to give such a fine per-
formance at rehearsals that there's
no doubt that her final performance
will be a convincing portrayal of
this hard, selfish, domineering wo-
man.
Cast of Characters
But the play wouldn’t be a play
without the rest of the cast. Most
of them are pretty important peo-
ple. Gladys Fuller, who plays Rip,
is a junior speech major, who de-»
votes her spare time to holding a
responsible position on the Y. W.
C. A. cabinet. Bobbie Brabston, a
physical education major, plays Dr.
Sully. Most of the time Bobbie is
busy with Athletic board meetings
or doing lighting or staging for
somebody’s play. Frances Ward, an-
other junior speech major, plays
Anne Darrow. She has been steal-
SWING INTO SPRING
Trade at
HICKS
Ben Franklin Store
ing shows since she first came here,
and is studying hard to finish
school in three years. Mary Ware,
as the family lawyer, Neff, keeps
going back and forth on field trips
to Calera where she is doing her
junior sociology work; Nell Wooten,
president of the junior class; Kelly
Porter, starting work on “Pure as
the Driven Snow;” Mary Scott
Howell, treasurer of Y. W. C. A.:
Eloise Martin, working at Love-
man’s every Saturday; Carolyn Ra-
born, secretary of Dance Group;
Pauline McCool, prized voice of the
Speech Chorus; Caroline “Butch”
Liles, temporarily incapacitated
with an injured arm; are all vital
to the play. They do their parts and
do them well. And perhaps most
important of all is Miss Margaret
Flory, instructor of speech, who is
directing the play, and has truly
become “Peg of our hearts.”
Come to the junior class play.
You will want to throw plenty of
roses yourself. See “Double Door,”
March 20, 8:15 p.m. Palmer hall.
Faculty Members Attend
Legislative Council
Dr. Hallie Farmer, Miss Jose-
phine Eddy, and Miss Laura Had-
ley attended the Woman’s Joint
Legislative council in Birmingham,
Saturday, March 23. Dr. Farmer,
representing A. A. U. W., is presi-
dent of the council, and Miss Eddy,
representing the Alabama Home
Economics association, is the secre-
tary. Miss Hadley also represented
the Alabama Home Economics as-
sociation.
During February,' 1940, a West
Virginia university librarian dis-
covered, in checking out a book,
that it had been used last in May,
1901.
A University of Iowa student
statistician has completed tests
showing that co-eds of that in-
stitution use enough lipstick in a
year to paint five bams.
* Headline of the week: Harvard
Ape Man to Speak Thursday. (Wil-
liam and Mary Flat Hat.)
Alumnotes
(Continued from page 3)
ried in January to Henry Pope of
Montgomery.
Virginia Edwards, ’25, December
29, to William Brumsey, of Curri-
tuck, N. C.
Mary Louise Krieder, ’36, March
24, to Clyde Davis of Tuscaloosa.
Mary Louise Torbert, ex-’37, to
Robert Horton Rutland of Auburn,
March 14.
* * *
The following engagements of
alumnae were recently announced:
Louise Lucas, ’39, to Henry Peete
of Alabaster, in the spring.
Evelyn Calhoun, ’34, to James
Kyser Youngblood of Carlowville,
in May.
Lucile Mixon, ’35, to Josh Ard of
Ozark, in the spring.
Sophie Powell, ex-’35, to Calhoun
Granade of Carson in the spring.
* * *
We. regret to report the death of
Lossie Dabbs, ’22, (Mrs. Carl Ross)
of Bessemer, in February.
Banquet
(Continued from page 3)
cards, the shape of the state the
guest was from. Each one found
her place by the shape of her state.
On the four corners of the mao
was either a train, an automobile,
an airplane, or a battleship. The
color scheme of the dinner was
green and gold.
Supposedly flying to Washington,
the guests went downstairs to the
reception room for demi-tasse. The
table was covered with a lace cloth
and the coffee was poured by Dr.
Ackerley. Behind her were banked
the cherry trees, representative of
Washington. With the coffee Ari-
zona fruit and Dust Bowl pebbles
were served to the guests in travel-
ing bags made of brown paper.
Miss Josephine Eddy will go to
Stephens college, April 1-3, to at-
tend the Institute of Consumer Ed -
ucation being held there.
Our Town Pictures
Are at Speech Office
Pictures taken of “Our Town,”
produced by the Alabama Players
several weeks ago, are now avail-
able in the speech office. Those in-
terested in seeing the photographs
may see them at this office and
place orders for any they may wish
to buy. The pictures include scenes
from the play and group pictures of
the entire staff of the play.
Zeta Phi Eta Will
Initiate Members
Zeta Phi Eta, honorary speech
fraternity, will initiate three new
associate members and three stu-
dents in Palmer auditorium at 4
o’clock, April 1. A banquet will be
held immediately following the in-
itiation in the Bloch hall dining
room.
Initiates are Mrs. Walter Ander-
son, Birmingham, Miss Margaret
Flory, and Miss Loretta Skelly, as-
sociate members, and Mary Anne
Edwards, Mary Grace Orr, and
Frances Ward, student members.
Mrs. Anderson is active in the
Speech Arts club of Birmingham
and a widely known reader. She is
the sister of Carrie Rasmusin, na-
tionally famous figure in speech
for public schools. Other out of
town visitors at the initiation and
banquet will be Emily McClendon,
graduate of Alabama College now
teaching in the Birmingham school
system, and Miss Rose Johnson,
head of the speech department at
Woodlawn high school.
Ohio State university students
spend an average of 95 cents a
month for soft drinks.
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Regular Dinners
Reasonable Prices
French Club Gives
Musical Program
Entertaining with a musical pro.
gram, the French club held its reg.
ular meeting, Tuesday night, March
19, in Calkins auditorium. Piano
selections were the first feature of
the program. Marion Hughes played
“Habanera” by Ravel, and Helen
Hope Balch played Debussey’s “Re.
flections in the Water.”
A review of French classicism axjfl
romanticism in music was given by
Dorothy Sandlin. Several records,
played by Barbara Sims, include^
a quartet from “Riogolette” by
Verdi and a selection from Gluck’s
“Orpheus and Eurydice” illustrated
classical music. Bizet’s “Toreador
Song” and “Gabanera” from CAR.
MEN illustrated romantic music,
The Spanish club met with the
French club.
Dance Group To Take
Part In Indian Pageant
The Dance Group will take part
in an Indian pageant at the physi-
cal education convention in Bir-
mingham on March 28. Colleges
from all over the state or partici-
pating in the pageant. Alabama
College will present the chapter on
worship.
The program is to be given at
Oak Mountain park at sunset—
dancers wearing the traditional
Indian costumes.
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VOLUME XVII Z7
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, APRIL 22, 1940
NUMBER 15
Birth of Peace
To Be Theme
For May Day
Queen Vandalyn and
King Celia Will Reign
Over Annual Festival
Vandalyn Lazenby, in the role of
Grace and Beauty, and Celia Meth-
vin, portraying Thought and Wis-
dom, will reign over the May Day
festival.
“Rebirth of Peace” Theme
The “Rebirth of Peace” will be
the general theme of the program;
a rebirth which results from the
strife and conquest of war and mis-
understanding by grace, thought and
wisdom, an interpretation arranged
and presented by the dance group.
Following the conquest and con-
fusion, Grace, the May Queen, with
her attendants, and Wisdom, ac-
companied by the Honor Group, will
appear to rule over the remainder
of the festival.
Attendants and Honor Group
Attendants, chosen in class elec-
tions are: Seniors, Carolyn Berry,
Martha Lee Stamps, Flidera Tapia,
jerrene Lucas, Sara Hewell, Eva
Green, Annie Loys Mclnnish, and
Mildred Nixon; juniors, Margaret
Reddoch, Nell Fuller, Jean Farr,
Louise Metcalf, Mary Ware, and
Eloise Martin; sophomores, Beulah
Katherine Gulledge, Virginia Boy-
kin, Rebecca Beeland, and Annie
Boyd Parker; freshmen, Mildred
Mayo and Marie Snow.
The Honor Group will include:
Seniors, Birdie Margaret Moorer,
Madie Belle Ward, Ellen Preuit,
Mary Belk, Annie Jean O’Daniel,
Edith Dees, Jane Pitman, and Anne
Wills; juniors, Lucile Weaver, Yen-
na York, Minnie Priester, Evelyn
Mayhall, Ellen Moncrief, and Eve-
lyn Chandler; sophomores, Sara
James, Mary Barton Ware, Melba
Ruth Jones, and Mary Grace Orr.
The freshman group has not been
chosen.
Madie Belle Ward and Mary Dia-
mond, co-chairman, are in charge
of the program.
Tenor Nino Martini
Will Present
Concert in Palmer
Nino Martini, tenor of screen,
radio, and opera, will be presented
in concert Thursday at 8:15 p.m.
in Palmer auditorium as the con-
cluding number of the 1939-40 con-
cert and lecture series.
Martini has a large repertoire of
classical and contemporary music
that includes Italian, Spanish,
French and English songs, but he
prefers to sing the song his audi-
ences like. He looks as though he
enjoys singing, and, incidentally,
he does enjoy it. When he came
this country he knew thirty
®°ngs. Now he knows over four
hundred from memory and more
han a dozen operatic roles.
Nino Martini has risen to fame
Simultaneously in four fields—op-
era, concert, radio, and screen. He
enjoys concert and opera for their
audience appeal, and especially
*es concert for its variety.
Mr. Martinis’ accompanist will be
!guel Sandoval. Mr. Sandoval has
accompanied Mr. Martini for the
iu ^°Ur seasons.
Martini’s program will include a
®,eat many shorter numbers. In-
<,p ed will be Handel’s “Largo,”
acconto di Rodolfo” taken from
Uccini’s LA BOHEME, “Je Crois
S^dre Encore” from Bizet’s LES
A~°HEURS DES PERLES, “Blue
* Her Eyes” by Wintter Watts,
Rachmaninoff’s “The Floods of
and other numbers. Mr.
®andi
humbers.
oval will also play some solo
A. C. P. Rating
The 1939-40 ALABAMIAN his
been awarded a first-class hon-
or rating by Associated Collegi-
ate Press. The rating was based
on excellence in news value and
sources, news writing and edit-
ing, headlines, typography and
make-up, and department pages
and special features.
President Harman
Announces Plans
For Commencement
The national president of ' Phi
Beta Kappa, Dean Marjorie Hope
Nicolson, of Smith college, will de-
liver the commencement address at
Alabama College, May 27, accord-
ing to an announcement today by
President Arthur Fort Harman.
Phi Beta Kappa is recognized in
academic circles as the most dis-
tinguished honorary society recog-
nizing scholarship. Before becoming
president of Phi Beta Kappa, Dean
Nicolson compiled an impressive
record as educator, author, and
critic of English letters. She is one
of the country’s outstanding au-
thorities on Milton and Seventeenth
Century English literature.
Her teaching career began in the
public schools of Michigan twenty-
five years ago. Later, as instructor
in the University of Minnesota, as-
sistant professor at Goucher col-
lege, and associate professor at
Smith college, she achieved wide-
spread recognition as a stimulating
teacher of the humanities. Since
1929 she has been professor and
dean of Smith college, and visiting
lecturer at Johns Hopkins univer-
sity and the University of Chicago.
She is the author of “The Micro-
scope and English Imagination,”
“Art of Description,” and “A World
in the Moon”—all best sellers in
their fields. She is a regular contri-
butor to such magazines as the
ATLANTIC MONTHLY and YALE
REVIEW.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered by Dr. Ewart H. Wyle,
pastor of the First Christian church
of Birmingham, on Sunday, May 26.
A native of England, Dr. Wyle has
lived in four countries where his
parents were pioneer missionaries.
He came to the United States in
1920, and before coming to Alabama
he served on the Board of Directors
of Texas Christian university, held
pastorates in Pennsylvania, Ken-
tucky, and Texas. This year he is
president of the .State Convention
of the Christian Churches of Ala-
bama.
Aquatic Class
Will Be Taught
By Ellis Fysal
“On the basis of available rec-
ords it is estimated that more than
7,000 persons in the United States
will lose their lives by drowning
this year, despite the fact that
water ‘accidents’ are largely un-
necessary and preventable.” These
facts disclosed by the American Red
Cross news service, have led to the
formation of classes in life saving
and water safety throughout the
United States. Believing that “the
vast majority of water accidents
are the result of ignorance and
lack of skill, the Life Saving Ser-
vice hopes to minimize the number
of such accidents by increasing
aquatic skill.
Mr. Ellis Fysal, first aid and life
saving representative, will be on our
campus to conduct classes in life
saving. Mr. Fysal has been con-
nected with the Red Cross since
1927, in the capacities of life sav-
ing examiner, junior camp director,
and instructor in equatics.
Alabama College Dedicates New Buildings
College Debaters
Break Records
For Busiest Season
“This year’s debate season has
proved very gratifying as to number
of debates, number of students par-
ticipating, and general student
support of home debates,” said J. H.
Henning, debate coach, in a recent
interview.
Fifty-nine debates, thirteen of
them at home, have broken all pre -
vious records. Nine students have
participated in the 59 inter-colleg-
iate debates. Of the 38 decision de-
bates engaged in, the teams of this
school won 17. Yenna York was
awarded an honorary degree in Pi
Kappa Delta, which is the highest
honor to be conferred on a con-
testing debater.
Grand Eastern Tournament
The climax of the season was
the Grand Eastern tournament at
Winthrop college, Rock Hill, South
Carolina, April 11 to 13. Of the
twenty debates engaged in at this
tournament by the three college
teams, twelve were won. Yenna
York and Annie Mae Paulk made
up a team which took either the
affirmative or negative side of the
question. They won six of the ten
debates they entered. Peggy Kirk
and Doris Payne were on the af-
firmative side of the question. They
triumphed in two of their four de-
bates. Sara Rumbley and Marjorie
Stith composed a negative team
that won four of the debates en-
gaged in.-
Inter-Collegiate Debaters
The members of teams in inter-
collegiate debates this year- have
included Annie Mae Paulk, Yenna
York, Sara Peck" Weaver, Sara
Rumbley, Marjorie Stith, Peggy
Kirk, Doris Payne, Shirley York,
and Kate Corcoran.
Looking forward to next year the
debaters have the Provincial Tour-
nament of National Pi Kappa Delta
to anticipate. It will be held on
this campus April 7 and 8. Seventy-
five or a hundred contestants will'
take part in trials in debate, ora-
tory, extemporaneous speaking, im-
promptu speaking, and after-dinr^er
speaking. Participants will come
frcm Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.
Join Glee Club’s
Summer Expedition
To Big Metropolis
The college Glee Club announces
its summer trip to New York and
invites any students, alumnae, or
their friends, who may desire to
go, to accompany the club.
While the singers’ club still has
places which may be filled, the
group is not limited to singers. Any
person who wishes to make the
trip may apply.
The Glee Club will leave Monte-
vallo, July 21, and will visit Chat-
tanooga, over the Skyline Drive to
Washington for four days, Atlantic
City for one day, and New York
for four days. The return trip will
be by way of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati,
Mammoth Cave, and Nashville, and
will end August 12.
Cost of the trip will be $70 for
present Glee Club members and $75
for others. This trip will include
bus transportation, lodging, and
certain admission fees.
Payment may be in installments.
A deposit fee of $10, paid by May 1,
is necessary to insure accommoda-
tions.
Any person interested in making
the trip should apply to H. D. Le-
Baron, director of the Glee Club.
All-State Day
Will Feature
Many Notables
Building Dedications,
Speeches and Concert
Are High Points of Day
With the oratory of Governor
Frank Dixon, Senator Lister Hill,
Donald Comer, Superintendent of
Education A. H. Collins, and Gess-
ner McCorvey of the State Demo-
cratic Executive committee, plus the
youthful tenor voice of Nino Mar-
tini, young Metropolitan Opera
star, slated on the program, Ala-
bama College will observe “All-
State Day” when it dedicates its
new buildings on Thursday, April
25.
In the extensive building pro-
gram affecting the Library, the
College Union building, the labora-
tory schools of the education de-
partment, two new buildings—Julia
Strudwick Tutwiler hall, a senior
dormitory, and Braxton Bragg
Comer, a classroom and radio build-
ing—have been added.
Formal Program
According to President A. F. Har-
man, the day’s formal program will
be divided into morning, afternoon,
and evening sections. On the morn-
ing program there will be an ad-
dress by Donald Comer when he
will discuss the career of his father,
Governor B. B. Comer, for whom
Comer hall is named. Gessner Mc-
Corvey of the State Democratic
Executive committee, a nephew of
Miss Tutwiler, will speak on her
long and fruitful career in Alabama
public life. Also receiving recogni-
tion will be he representatives of
PWA, WPA, and other cooperating
agencies whose aid made the build-
ings possible. ^
There will be a luncheon at mid-
day in the College Union building
for the distinguished guests.
In the afternoon Governor Dixon,
Superintendent of Education A. H.
Collins, and Senator Lister Hill will
deliver addresses. Much of the af-
ternoon ^program will be broadcast
by WAPI, Birmingham, by remote
control from Montevallo through
the new radio facilities of Alabama
College.
The day’s events will be termin-
ated by a concert at 8:15 in Palmer
auditorium by the world-famous
young Italian lyric tenor, Nino
Martini, who has made a triple
reputation—in opera, in the movies,
and on the concert stage.
Committee
Plans for the elaborate celebra-
tion are in the hands of a faculty
committee headed by Mrs. Mary
Moore McCoy, dean of residence,
and consisting of H. D. LeBaron,
head of the School of Music; Miss
Nora Landmark, college radio spe-
cialist; Dr. J. I. Riddle, of the edu-
cation department; Miss Margaret
Cuninggim of the art department;
and Shelby E. Southard, executive,
secretary of the college.
Seniors will attend the programs
in cap and gown. The college or-
chestra and glee club will be featur-
ed in the musical portion of the
morning and afternoon programs. A
special section of the auditorium
will be reserved for guests of the
college attending the Martini con-
cert.
The Student Senate will act as
guides for visitors on the campus,
conducting them through the new
buildings and showing other recent
changes which have taken place at
the college. All classes will be dis-
missed for the day while students
join visitors in celebrating the gala
occasion.
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APRIL 22, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
EDITORIALS
Farewell, Seniors
The ALABAMIAN staff wishes to take this op-
portunity to give special recognition, congratula-
tions for their four years’ work, and, to wish “Bon
Voyage” to the senior class. Because we have neg-
lected you heretofore, does not mean that we’re
unconcerned about your leaving—'but we desjre to
keep you with us, a part of our student government
association as long as possible.
With the approaching commencement, however,
you have made a^ definite break in your entertain-
ments, your teas, dances and parties, you have be-
come, not a class, but a select group taking your
last fling at college life.
We might write a sentimental “essay” full of
“sweetened phrases” telling you how wonderful you
are and what a vital part of our existence you are
(and truthfully, too); we might make you a list of
“Ten Easy Rules to Get Rich Quick” (teaching'
school); we might even give you all sorts of advice.
It would require pages, a book-length novel, to say
everything we’d like to—even a Webster wouldn’t
give us a large enough vocabulary.
We are sorry you’ll soon be leaving — we hope
you’ll come back often to see us — and we wish you
the most successful of life careers.
Congratulations!
Whether it’s because of a feeling of relief that it’s
all over, or regrets that we have to turn over our
jobs to new officials—the formal installation ser-
vice was very marked in its intense air of solemnity.
With every last utterance of “So help me God”
we placed in your hands—you, our new leaders and
representatives—our whole trust and campus lives.
Ours has been a happy 1939-40 term. Our successes
and failures have played decided roles in building
up an alma mater that we shall all be proud to
own. We give them all to you with the hope that
you’ll set higher standards, attain larger goals, and
accomplish more and much greater things than
ever before in the school’s history. '»ou have been
chosen because we are positive you can do it.
Congratulations to all of you! And the most sin-
cere of wishes for the very best of terms in your
office.
Letter to Students
To the Students and Faculty:
I wish to express to you my thanks for your sup-
port to me as editor of the 1939-40 ALABAMIAN
and to my staff.
I, with the help of a most capable and loyal staff,
have attempted to present to you a paper reproduc-
ing campus life and activity. I have attempted to
give a clear, unbiased picture of your thought and
opinion as students of Alabama College. Whether I
have succeeded or failed is for you to decide.
I have no “sour grapes” to offer for any mistakes
I have made, only regrets and apologies. Your co-
operation has been unfailing, the best that one
could ask. Your letters and “pats on the back” have
been more than enough reward for anything I
might have done—they have cleared up the darkest
and tightest spots—in our first eight-page issue and
especially during and after the special College
Night edition. You can never realize just how much
they meant.
I give up my post to Lois Anne Smith, your new
editor, in the utmost confidence that you will not
“let her down” as you have not failed me.
Sincerely,
FRANCES SCARBROUGH.
From JUNE 2b TO NOVEMBER. 4, 1783x
NASSAU HALL. PRINCETON UNIV.,
WAS THE CAPITOL OF THE NATION /
Otterbein UNIV.
HADBUT1W0 FAC-
ULTY DEATHS DURING
A 60-YEAR PERIOD.
Campus
Gossip
By 3 Snoops
Well, chilluns, this is the grand
finale for this year’s ALABAMIAN
staff, including yours truly. I’ve
gained lots of enemies and lost lots
of friends but I still say—if the
shoe fits, wear it. Lots of people are
sure they can identify ye campus
snoop but boy, are they fooled! If
you don’t believe it, just ask me.
Seriously, tho, when you think of
this being your last issue, well,
things kinda take on a different
light. We, the whole staff, wish to
give the biggest and best orchid
ever to our editor, Frances Scar-
brough, “Tibby” to those who know
her best. She’s 'been swell to work
with and hers were not the only
wet eyes back stage during installa-
tion. Incidentally, this column
wishes especially to thank Tib for
bearing the brunt of the criticism
which has been aroused by some
of the various truths printed here.
Good luck, Tibby, and happy land-
ings—in a newspaper office.
Force of habit is strong within
us so let’s get busy. Hear about Mr.
K.—that much picked on individual,
who allegedly can take it? Well, the
other night he was pretty hungry
(typical A. C. feeling) so he went
to the cupboard in his domicile for
a bite to eat. It being very dark,
he felt around and drew forth a
Ritz cracker (aye, there’s the rub—
so he thought) and bit it. It tasted
queerly (he reports) but undaunted
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STAFF
Editor-in-Chief, Frances Scarbrough; Managing Editor, Lois Anne Smith; Business
Manager, Mary j0 Raney; Feature Editor, Mary Sterne; Copy Editor, Martha McRae;
Speech Editor, Jeanne Appleton; Sports Editor, Sara Harris; Club Editor, Nancy
Weems; Society Editor, Frances Roberts; Advertising Managers, Ollis Mills, Frances Cro-
ley, Geraldine Hollis; Circulation Managers, Charlotte Meinwald, Lois Maples:
Typist, Forrest Branscombe.
REPORTERS
Evelyn Weldon, Mary Rogers, Carolyn Jenkins, Peggy Kirk, Margaret Ritter, Margaret
Lee, Imogene Harris, Mary Grace Orr, Nancy Powers, Sara Reddoch, Imogene Foshee,
Gwendolyn Tittle, Annie Lee Jones, Frances Padgett, Sammie Dorrough, Mary Sue Ed-
wards, Virginia Martin, Margaret Dean Harris, Virginia Riddle, Fauvette Taylor, Caro-
lyn Breaux, Lilias Heblon, Berneese Dison, Jeanne Espy, Melba Ruth Jones, Dorothy
Sandlin, Frances Norris, Mary Edna Wallace, Frances Owens, Willanise Green,
Annie Ruth Beasley, Mary Carolyn Norris, Mary Beth Wilbanks,
Geraldine Hollis, Sara Burns, Jean Childress, Lucy Pegues.
he swallowed it—thought again—
turned on the light, and woof woof,
he’d eaten a Strongheart dog bis-
suit. Strange taste these musical
maestros have.
• Three sociology majors and a
secretarial major spent spring holi-
days in Anniston with M. Sterne.
It is reported that every night when
Mary Ware and Frances Starnes
were missing, they and their dates
were out looking for blighted areas
in ye fair city. These sociology
majors never forget their calling.
Or would you call that transfer of
training, Dr. Riddle?
As if it weren’t hard enough to
live with the Tutwiler Elite already,
the International News Service
goes and runs a feature about their
“date parlors” which makes them
even more difficult and more
snooty.
Another feud’s broken loose with
Lil Russell and Pruitt fighting
over—of all things—a MAN. But
I can’t say I blame ’em. One look
at Mr. Warfield’s boy friend almost
made the gals fall off Palmer
stage. Wandering around, I heard
a secret. Wanta hear it, Russell and
Pruitt? While Lois Warfield, that
cute sister of Mr. Warfield’s, pre-
sides over the student government
at the University of Wisconsin, he
seems to be doing his share of con-
tributing to the social life of the
female Warfield. Did you get the
message he left for you? Let me
know.
That most awful noise in Tut-
wiler last Sunday morning wasn’t
a radiator blowing up after all. It
was just Burke Land singing
“Tuxedo Junction.” She claims she
was trying to imitate Milton Christ-
ian’s Southern orchestra but I dun-
no. To be frank with you, I liked the
orchestra very much more and
here’s hoping they are present at
the Senior Ball.
Swell / stuff sounds the new
Glee Club swing show scheduled for
next Monday night. We’ve a sneak-
ing suspicion that Lib Gulledge
and Barbara Sims will steal the
show with “Confucius Say.” And
Dean Bressler—oh, me! And “Rhap-
sody in Blue” by Mr. Z. and Miss
Strom. Save me a front seat. It’s
worth fifteen cents.
I know when things are low
around here you can think of a
fairly decent excuse to stuff a date,
but the one a certain bonny lass
used to sit in Little Tree’s lap is
too far-fetched even for me. A
Coca-Cola is a cheap price for an
introduction to Mr. Hilltop, m’dear,
I guess.
The press wheels are starting
that last long grind for us and that
means curtains. It’s been fun, and
I’m really gonna miss you—but say,
I forgot to tell you—wait until you
hear from the quartet that’s tak-
ing over my job. They really know
their stuff! Here’s to a better dirt
column. ’Bye, chilluns.
Change and Exchange
Critics are people who go places and boo things.
* * * *
Woman with horse sense is just an old nag.
Rastus Brown said
His car wouldn’t skid.
This monument proves
That it could and did.
* * * *
A silly young gentleman named Hyde
In a funeral procession was spied.
When asked who was dead,
He giggled and said,
■“I dunno, I just came for the ride.”
* * * •
Germany is suffering from a shortage of coal and
oil. It appears that even Hitler cannot fuel all of
the people.—Jots and Jest.
* * * *
No man has the nerve to tell a woman what her
mirror tells her.—Cardinal.
* * * *
Many women (girls, too) are shy in telling their
age. Some several years shy.—C. Cox.
* * * *
Buck up—don’t back up.
* * * *
Mefoofscky say—Man vit two-pair suit got more
vear in end.
* * * *
Be glad the census-takers are counting us. Re-
member, in Europe the people don’t count at all.—
Walter Winchell.
* * * *
I’d like to be a could-be,
If I could not be an are
For a could-be is a may-be,
With a chance of touching par.
I’d rather be a has-ben,
Than a might-have-been, by far,
For a might-have-been has never been
But a has-been was an are.
—The Student Printy
* * * *
Genius grows up like a rare flower out of most
unpromising soil.
* * * *
A European was visiting this country for the first
time, and as he was driving along the highway, saw
a large sign, “Drive slow, this means you!”
The European stopped in surprise and exclaimed:
“My word! How did they know I was here?”
—The Panther
a * * * *
Confucius say—Th£ only difference in fiddlers and
violinists is a hair cut.
* * * *
Weather Report—
Monday—Mist.
Tuesday—Mist.
Wednesday—Mist.
Thursday—Mist.
Friday—Bull’s eye.
—Washington Elm
* * * *
GONE WITH THE WIND
“Katherine Scarlett O’Hara was our shero. A win-.
some wench with a figger like a marble statute and
a head as hard. Gerald O’Hara was her pa. By na-
ture he was most animal-like. Proud as a peacock,!
he roared like a lion, and rode like a dog-and-pony.
After Sherman came he was crazy as a bed bug.
“Scarlett was in love with Ashley Wilkes, who
was in love with his cousin, Melanie, who was in love
with Ashley, and so they were married (Ashley and
Melanie, in case you are getting confused). This
irritated Scarlett no end, and so in quick succession
he married for spite and cash, respectively, a couple
of fellers whose names, we didn’t get. But then,
neither did Scarlett for long.
“The other major characters were Rhett Butler,
Belle Watling, and a colored lady exactly like the
one on the flapjack box. Rhett, who was somehow
strangely reminiscent of Clark Gable, was a cross
between Jesse James and Little Boy Blue. If Rhett
had joined the Lost Cause in the second reel in-
stead of after the intermission, the Confederacy
would have won the war. . . And Belle, you’d have
loved Belle, everybody did. During the siege of At-
lanta only three things were running. . . . Belle’s
lace, Prissy’s nose, and the laundry that kept Rhett’s
white suits snow white.
“Melanie’s baby arrived about the same time Sher-
man did. Both were equally welcome to Scarlett. It
was, so far as painstaking search has revealed, th«
first baby ever born in Technicolor.
“Anyway, the South lost the war again in the
picture (what would you expect with a lot of Yankee
producers?) and Scarlett married Rhett to get even
with him. Their married life was just like sitting in
Hellfire and listening to the heavenly choir. Finals
after Melanie died, Scarlett realized that she didn’t
love Ashley, but Rhett. Scarlett was as changeable
as a baby’s underwear. However, Rhett had enough
of her foolishness, and when she told him, he says>
‘Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.’
“Neither did the audience by this time. They were
glad to see the end, their own having becom9
‘number’ than somewhat.”
ge IfjlE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
Alu
APRIL 22, 1940
Page 3
/Uumnotes
ier
By Frances Kibble
Alumnae Secretary
^ article by Fannie Hodnett, ’39,
titled “Art for Pay,” which dis-
* gggs the vocational aspect of art,
opeared in a recent issue of THE
gflgTCH BOOK, the magazine for
^ppa Pi, honorary art fraternity.
?anriie is working in the drafting
department of the Southern Bell
Telephone company in Birming-
ia®-
Mildred Dewberry, also of the
■lass of 1939> hroke into print in
nother field with an article in the
A. E. A. Journal called “Ton-
sils by Wholesale.” She writes of
he free medical attention which
3 given underprivileged children
the Winfield high school where
jj^e teaches.
* * *
Evidence of the excellent teach-
ng ability of Evelyn Grey McAdory,
38, was shown here at the Inter-
Eligh School meet when two of her
Bessemer students won first place
n speech events, one in story tell-
ing and one in radio.
* ** *
Anne Dell Tate, ’29, who is teach-
[ng in Albertville, coached the win-
ner of the state oratorical contest
sponsored by the American Legion
Gadsden recently.
* * *
After her talk to the Selma P. T.
Miss Vickery was honored at a
tea which was attended by several
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• * *
Approximately 35 former stu-
dents and members of the faculty
who attended the Conference for
the Southern Section of the Amer-
ican Association of Health, Physical
Education and Recreation were
present at the Alabama College
luncheon. An honor guest was Miss
Mosscrop, former head of the Phys-
ical Education department at Ala-
bama College, and now head of the
department at Vassar.
* * *
Dorothy Kitchens, ’33, had a lead-
ing role in “Ceiling Zero” which
was presented by the Birmingham
Little Theatre recently.
Anne Bledsoe Bearden, ’30, and
Julia Bledsoe Coyle, ex-’34, were on
the campus this month jvith their
sister, Frances, who expects to en-
ter Alabama College next fall.
* *: *
During the Inter-High School
meet, the Montevallo chapter raised
a sum of money to be contributed
to the Reynolds hall fund by selling
sandwiches to the girls. This project
was carried out by Miss Ollie Till-
man and Miss Ethel Harris.
* * *
Mary Nall Lewis Starling, ’31, has
a son, ^bom March 26, whom she
has named John Lewis. She is liv-
ing in Durham, N. C, now where
her husband is doing graduate work
at Duke university.
Also born on May 26 was Robert
Mason Howard, Jr., son of Sara
Radney Howard, ’30.
Jessie Lee Rains Paden, ’34, has
a new daughter born April 6.
Maxine Lindsay Blessing, ex-’41,
has a daughter, Deanna Dawn, born
lately.
Engagements recently announced
include those of:
Doris Condon, ’39, to Charles
Manly Canon, Jr., of Opelika, the
wedding to take place in June.
Lois Thompson, ’37, to Raymond
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By Dalea Dorothy Clix
Dear Miss Clix: I just received the intercollegiate grand prize
for sculpture for my allegorical figure called “Womanhood”,
and the newspapers say I am the most “promising” sculptress
of any college woman today. I love my work, of course, and
spend a great deal of time with my hands dipped in modeling
clay, but oh, Miss Clix, the men just pass me by for the other
girls in school here. Yet people say I am attractive. What can
I do to make nice men notice me? < WONDERING
Dear Wondering: I have a
hunch you spend so much
effort on sculpture that
you spend practically none
at all “sculpturing” your
own physical charm. How
*huch time do you put into
hiakeup? Into an attractive
hair-do? Yes, and do your
fingernails shout to the
yorld you’ve been working
clay ? That's the place to
art! Have immaculately
groomed fingernails, lus-
fous, smartly colored —
hen, who knows ? — men
h^ncM C°me *n your
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Speech Groups End
Successful Year
The Speech Chorus, directed by
Miss Ellen-Haven Gould, will leave
Monday, April 29. for a tour of
South Alabama towns.
The chorus will appear at Selma
Monday nlorning. Monday after-
noon they will give a program at
Thomasville. Mobile will be the first
stop on Tuesday. Their next ap-
pearance will be at Brewton Tues-
day afternoon.
Wednesday morning the chorus
will give programs at Andalusia and
Dothan. Their next program will be
at Ozark Wednesday afternoon. The
final appearance of the tour will be
in Montgomery Wednesday even-
ing.
Movies
THE BLUEBIRD — Tuesday and
Wednesday.
“The most beautiful picture ever
made,” said one critic of Maurice
Maeterlinck’s “The Blue Bird,” to
be presented here Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Shirley Temple, Spring Byington,
Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard,
Eddie Collins, Sybil Jason, and
many others make up a top-flight
cast.
The story is the long-to-be-re-
membered Maeterlinck masterpiece
called the most human story ever
written. This production has beau-
ty, charm, poignancy, pathos, com-
edy, and, above all, enchantment.
* * *
THE FIGHTING 69TH — Thursday
and Friday.
Excitement, thrills, and action
mark “The Fighting 69th” to be
presented here Thursday and Fri-
day.
Th^ story is based partly on the
exploits of the famous 165th New
York infantry, better known as the
Fighting 69th, the Irish Brigade,
of which the late Father Francis
Patrick O’Duffy was regimental
chaplain. Pat O’Brien takes this
part. James Cagney is cast as a
buck private, and George Brent as
“Wild Bill” Donovan, colonel of the
regiment. Alan Hale is top sergeant,
and Jeffrey Lynn distinguishes
himself as Joyce Kilmer, the war-
time poet.
This picture is hailed by critics
as the most exciting human inter-
est entertainment in years. It is
a healthy, rousing drama with a
pungent dash of comedy thrown in.
Mims, in May.
Elizabeth Brislin, ex-’41, to Ed-
gar Millsaps Rutland, of Brewton,
to be married in April.
Pattie Upchurch, ’39, to John
Helms of Montgomery, to be mar-
ried in June.
Ida Lyon, ’36, was married March
23 to Dr. David Hartwell Traylor of
Atlanta.
* * *
Willie Burge Whitted, ex-’42, was
married March 31 to David Rupert
Doggett, of Gilbertown.
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in Nursing for two additional years
of approved college work before or
after the course in Nursing. The
entrance requirements are intelli-
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from an accredited high school
After 1940 two years of college
work will be required. The annual
tuition of $100 covers the cost of
uniforms, books, student govern-
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tion forms and information about
college requirements may be obtain-
ed from the Admission Committee.
"Me I lev Drammer”
The “good old days of the thea-
tre” will return to the college May
10 with the dramatization in Palm-
er hall of “Pure as the Driven
Snow,” a “mellow drammer” by
Paul Loomis.
This play is a combination of all
the old-fashioned'mellodramas roll-
ed into one. Virtue triumphs over
villainy, and the noble hero rescues
the beautiful heroine and saves her
from the black-hearted villain.
Actresses will turn singers in the
last act when songs popular in the
“golden age of melodrama” will be
heard. Among these are “After the
Ball Was Over,” “On a Bicycle
Built for Two,” and “Absence
Makes the Heart Grow Fonder.”
Dean Napier Heads
Women’s Division of
Southern Association
The signal honor of being elected
president of the Women’s Colleges
division of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools
has been received by Dean T. H.
Napier.
This is the first time that any-
one other than the president of a
college has attained this position.
Dean Napier, as an officer of the
association, has served as a member
of the Committee on Higher In-
stitutions, of the Committee on
Records, and of the executive com-
mittee.
Alabamian Ranks
High In Contest
The tenth annual play writing
contest for Alabama and the four
adjoining states sponsored by the
College Theatre has just closed.
First place for the long play was
awarded to “This Freedom,” a mu-
sic drama of the Southern Negro
with text by Joseph W. Bancroft
of Birmingham and music scored by
George A. Miller of Birmingham.
The music was taken down by Mr.
Miller from the singing of South-
ern Negroes. The Birmingham
Civic Symphony orchestra played
several of these numbers last year.
Miss Clara Crenshaw, a former
graduate of the college, received
honorable mention for '“Six-Fbot
Four,” a play of the manhood of
Lincoln. Miss Crenshaw has won.
many prizes in this contest and also
won second place last year.
“Prelude” by Daniel Fager of
Bonifay, Florida, took first place
for short plays. This is a morality
play on the idea of what happens
after death, and is noted for orig-
inal treatment.
ORATORICAL CONTEST
J. H. Henning and Miss Margaret
Flory were judges at the ninth dis-
trict BIRMINGHAM NEWS-AGE-
HERALD oratorical contest in Bir-
mingham Thursday night. Miss
Ellen-Haven Gould will judge the
state finals of this contest Friday
evening.
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APRIL 22, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama Collet
Green, president.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLUB:
Mildred Hixon, president.
ALPHA CHI ALPHA: Prances
Woods, president; Lois Anne Smith,
vice-president; Mary Sterne, secre-
tary-treasurer.
ZETA PHI ETA VISITORS
Miss Mildred Streeter, Yonkers,
New York, national president of
Zeta Phi Eta, visited the local
chapter Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Wilda Goode Tillman, Liv-
ingston, accompanied Miss Streeter.
They left Montevallo Friday to
visit the Birmingham alumnae
chapter, where they were entertain-
ed at a banquet Friday night.
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York Kildea Presents
Great Sonatas for Violin
York Kildea, instructor in violin,
will present his annual concert in
Palmer auditorium, Monday night,
April 22, at 8:00. He will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Josephine Waller.
The recital will consist of sonatas
by famous composers. First on the
program is Mozart’s “Sonata in F
Major,” followed by the “Sonata
F Major” by Beethoven. Mr. Kik
will play his final number, “Soni
in A Major” by Brahms.
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Page 4
Campus Organizations
Conduct Installations
For 1940-41 Officers
Officers of major organizations
for 1940-41 took oath of office from
President A. F. Harman at a for-
mal installation services in Palmer
hall, April 17; officers of minor or-
ganizations have taken up their
jiew duties.
New campus leaders and repre-
sentatives are listed below:
STUDENT GOVERNMENT AS-
SOCIATION: Margaret Stallworth,
president; Sara Peck Weaver, vice-
president.
STUDENT SENATE; Lucile
Weaver, president.
Y. w. C. A.: Gladys Fuller, presi-
dent; Vera Parkman, vice-presi-
dent; Emma Anderson, treasurer;
Lenore Oliver and Mary Grace Orr,
program chairmen; Frances Rob-
erts, home service chairman; Mar-
garet Reddoch, social chairman;
Eloise Jones, chorister; Annie Boyd
Parker, publicity chairman; Fran-
ces Conley, senior seminar presi-
dent; Margaret Dean Harris, junior
forum president; Mary Curtis, so-
phomore council president; Nell
Wooten, devotional chairman; Mary
Scott Howell, world fellowship
chairman; Margaret McAllister, re-
ligious council president.
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION:
Bobby Brabston, president.
PUBLICATIONS BOARD: Mary
Scott Howell, chairman; Lois Anne
Smith, ALABAMIAN editor; Nell
Fuller, ALABAMIAN business man-
ager; EVelyn Mayhall, TECHNALA
editor; Sarah Barclift, TECHNALA
business manager; Mary Sterne,
TOWER editor; May Lyman Woods,
TOWER usiness manager.
ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA: Mary
Curtis, president.
SPEECH CHORUS: Pauline Mc-
Cool, president; Mary Kelly Porter,
secretary-treasurer.
DELTA PHI ALPHA: Dorothy
McAllister, president.
RETAIL CLUB: Marguerite At-*
chison, president.
FRENCH CLUB: Merle Johnston,
president.
PI KAPPA DELTA: Yenna York,
president.
BETA BETA BETA: Sara Car-
michael Smith, president.
SCRIBBLERS’ CLUB: Mary
Grace Orr, president.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
CLUB: Evelyn Mayhall, president.
NATIONAL COLJjEG'IAT E
PLAYERS: Frances Ward, presi-;
dent; Irene Swift, secretary-treas-
urer.
ORCHESTRA: Rose Adair Brown,
president.
A. c. EL CLUB: Doris Taylor,
president.
HOME ECONOMICS CLUB: Elo-
ise Vinson, president.
ART CLUB: Jean Farr, presi-
dent.
BIOLOGY CLUB; Ellen Bonner
Jones, president.
GLEE CLUB: Eloise Jones, presi-
dent.
CALKINS MUSIC CLUB: Mar-
garet McAllister, president.
ZETA PHI ETA: Christine Grif-
fin, president.
ALABAMA PLAYERS: Kelly
Porter, president.
DIETETICS CLUB: Rebecca
Lane, president.
SOCIOLOGY CLUB: Willanise
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VOLUME XVII z 7
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, APRIL 22, 1940
NUMBER 15
Birth of Peace
To Be Theme
For May Day
Queen Vandalyn and
King Celia Will Reign
Over Annual Festival
Vandalyn Lazenby, in the role of
Grace and Beauty, and Celia Meth-
vin, portraying Thought and Wis-
dom, will reign over the May Day
festival.
“Rebirth of Peace” Theme
The “Rebirth of Peace” will be
the general theme of the program;
a rebirth which results from the
strife and conquest of war and mis-
understanding by grace, thought and
wisdom, an interpretation arranged
and presented by the dance group.
Following the conquest and con-
fusion, Grace, the May Queen, with
her attendants, and Wisdom, ac-
companied by the Honor Group, will
appear to rule over the remainder
of the . festival.
Attendants and Honor Group
Attendants, chosen in class elec-
tions are: Seniors, Carolyn Berry,
Martha Lee Stamps, Flidera Tapia,
Jerrene Lucas, Sara Hewell, Eva
Green, Annie Loys Mclnnish, and
Mildred Nixon; juniors, Margaret
Reddoch, Nell Fuller, Jean Farr,
Louise Metcalf, Mary Ware, and
Eloise Martin; sophomores, Beulah
Katherine Gulledge, Virginia Boy-
kin, Rebecca Beeland, and Annie
Boyd Parker; freshmen, Mildred
Mayo and Marie Snow.
The Honor Group will include:
Seniors, Birdie Margaret Moorer,
Madie Belle Ward, Ellen Preuit,
Mary Belk, Annie Jean O’Daniel,
Edith Dees, Jane Pitman, and Anne
Wills; juniors, Lucile Weaver, Yen-
na York, Minnie Priester, Evelyn
Mayhall, Ellen Moncrief, and Eve-
lyn Chandler; sophomores, Sara
James, Mary Barton Ware, Melba
Ruth Jones, and Mary Grace Orr.
The freshman group has not been
chosen.
Madie Belle Ward and Mary Dia-
mond, co-chairman, are in charge
of the program.
Tenor Nino Martini
Will Present
Concert in Palmer
A. C. P. Rating
The 1939-40 ALABAMIAN his
been awarded a first-class hon-
or rating by Associated Collegi-
ate Press. The rating was based
on excellence in news value and
sources, news writing and edit-
ing, headlines, typography and
make-up, and department pages
and special features.
President Harman
Announces Plans
For Commencement
Nino Martini, tenor of screen,
radio, and opera, will be presented
in concert Thursday at 8:15 p.m.
in Palmer auditorium as the con-
cluding number of the 1939-40 con-
cert and lecture series.
Martini has a large repertoire of
classical and contemporary music
that includes Italian, Spanish,
French and English songs, but he
prefers to sing the song his audi-
ences like. He looks as though he
enjoys singing, and, incidentally,
he does enjoy it. When he came
to this country he knew thirty
s°ngs, Now he knows over four
hundred from memory and more
han a dozen operatic roles.
Nino Martini has risen to fame
simultaneously in four fields—op-
era. concert, radio, and screen. He
enjoys concert and opera for their
audience appeal, and especially
ikes concert for its variety.
Mr. Martinis’ accompanist will be
Miguel Sandoval. Mr. Sandoval has
acc°inpanied Mr. Martini for the
Past four seasons.
Martini’s program will include a
®.reat many shorter numbers. In-
„^ded will be Handel’s “Largo,”
«acconto di Rodolfo” taken from
Uccini's LA BOHEME, “Je Crois
ntendre Encore” from Bizet’s LES
fiCHEURS DES PERLES, “Blue
r Her Eyes” by Wintter Watts,
Rachmaninoff’s “The Floods of
Pring,» an(j 0ther numbers. Mr.
ndoval will also play some solo
lumbers.
The national president of ' Phi
Beta Kappa, Dean Marjorie Hope
Nicolson, of Smith college, will de-
liver the commencement address at
Alabama College, May 27, accord-
ing to an announcement today by
President Arthur Fort Harman.
Phi Beta Kappa is recognized in
academic circles as the most dis-
tinguished honorary society recog-
nizing scholarship. Before becoming
president of Phi Beta Kappa, Dean
Nicolson compiled an impressive
record as educator, author, and
critic of English letters. She is one
of the country’s outstanding au-
thorities on Milton and Seventeenth
Century English literature.
Her teaching career began in the
public schools of Michigan twenty-
five years ago. Later, as instructor
in the University of Minnesota, as-
sistant professor at Goucher col-
lege, and associate professor at
Smith college, she achieved wide-
spread recognition as a stimulating
teacher of the humanities. Since
1929 she has been professor and
dean of Smith college, and visiting
lecturer at Johns Hopkins univer-
sity and the University of Chicago.
She is the author of “The Micro-
scope and English Imagination,”
“Art of Description,” and “A World
in the Moon”—all best sellers in
their fields. She is a regular contri-
butor to such magazines as the
ATLANTIC MONTHLY and YALE
REVIEW.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered by Dr. Ewart H. Wyle,
pastor of the First Christian church
of Birmingham, on Sunday, May 26.
A native of England, Dr. Wyle has
lived in four countries where his
parents were pioneer missionaries.
He came to the United States in
1920, and before coming to Alabama
he served on the Board of Directors
of Texas Christian university, held
pastorates in Pennsylvania, Ken-
tucky, and Texas. This year he is
president of the .State Convention
of the Christian Churches of Ala-
bama.
Alabama College Dedicates New Buildings
Aquatic Class
Will Be Taught
By Ellis Fysal
“On the basis of available rec-
ords it is estimated that more than
7,000 persons in the United States
will lose their lives by drowning
this year, despite the fact that
water ‘accidents’ are largely un-
necessary and preventable.” These
facts disclosed by the American Red
Cross news service, have led to the
formation of classes in life saving
and water safety throughout the
United States. Believing that “the
vast majority of water accidents
are the result of ignorance and
lack of skill, the Life Saving Ser-
vice hopes to minimize the number
of such accidents by increasing
aquatic skill.
Mr. Ellis Fysal, first aid and life
saving representative, will be on our
campus to conduct classes in life
saving. Mr. Fysal has been con-
nected with the Red Cross since
1927, in the capacities of life sav-
ing examiner, junior camp director,
and instructor in equatics.
All-State Day
Will Feature
Many N otables
Building Dedications,
Speeches and Concert
Are High Points of Day
College Debaters
Break Records
For Busiest Season
“This year’s debate season has
proved very gratifying as to number
of debates, number of students par-
ticipating, and general student
support of home debates,” said J. H.
Henning, debate coach, in a recent
interview.
Fifty-nine debates, thirteen of
them at home, have broken all pre-
vious records. Nine students have
participated in the 59 inter-colleg-
iate debates. Of the 38 decision de-
bates engaged in, the teams of this
school won 17. Yenna York was
awarded an honorary degree in Pi
Kappa Delta, which is the highest
honor to be conferred on a con-
testing debater.
Grand Eastern Tournament
The climax of the season was
the Grand Eastern tournament at
Winthrop college, Rock Hill, South
Carolina, April 11 to 13. Of the
twenty debates engaged in at this
tournament by the three college
teams, twelve were won. Yenna
York and Annie Mae Paulk made
up a team which took either the
affirmative or negative side of the
question. They won six of the ten
debates they entered. Peggy Kirk
and Doris Payne were on the af-
firmative side of the question. They
triumphed in two of their four de-
bates. Sara Rumbley and Marjorie
Stith composed a negative team
that won four of the debates en-
gaged in.
Inter-Collegiate Debaters
The members of teams in inter-
collegiate debates this year- have
included Annie Mae Paulk, Yenna
York, Sara Peck Weaver, Sara
Rumbley, Marjorie Stith, Peggy
Kirk, Doris Payne, Shirley York,
and Kate Corcoran.
Looking forward to next year the
debaters have the Provincial Tour-
nament of National Pi Kappa Delta
to anticipate. It will be held on
this campus April 7 and 8. Seventy-
five or a hundred contestants will
take part in trials in debate, ora-
tory, extemporaneous speaking im-
promptu speaking, and after-dinner
speaking. Participants will come
from Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.
Join Glee Club’s
Summer Expedition
To Big Metropolis
The college Glee Club announces
its summer trip to New York and
invites any students, alumnae, or
their friends, who may desire to
go, to accompany the club.
While the singers’ club still has
places which may be filled, the
group is not limited to singers. Any
person who wishes to make the
trip may apply.
The Glee Club will leave Monte-
vallo, July 2:1, and will visit Chat-
tanooga, over the Skyline Drive to
Washington for four days, Atlantic
City for one day, and New York
for four days. The return trip will
be by way of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati,
Mammoth Cave, and Nashville, and
will end August 12.
Cost of the trip will be $70 for
present Glee Club members and $75
for others. This trip will include
bus transportation, lodging, and
certain admission fees.
Payment may be in installments.
A deposit fee of $10, paid by May 1,
is necessary to insure accommoda-
tions.
Any person interested in making
the trip should apply to H. D. Le-
Baron, director of the Glee Club.
With the oratory of Governor
Frank Dixon, Senator Lister Hill,
Donald Comer, Superintendent of
Education A. H. Collins, and Gess-
ner McCorvey of the State Demo-
cratic Executive committee, plus the
youthful tenor voice of Nino Mar-
tini, young Metropolitan Opera
star, slated on the program, Ala-
bama College will observe “All-
State Day” when it dedicates its
new buildings on Thursday, April
25.
In the extensive building pro-
gram affecting the Library, the
College Union building, the labora-
tory schools of the education de-
partment, two new buildings—Julia
Strudwick Tutwiler hall, a senior
dormitory, and Braxton Bragg
Comer, a classroom and radio builds
ing—have been added.
Formal Program
According to President A. F. Har-
man, the day’s formal program will
be divided into morning, afternoon,
and evening sections. On the morn-
ing program there will be an ad-
dress by Donald Comer when he
will discuss the career of his father,
Governor B. B. Comer, for whom
Comer hall is named. Gessner Mc-
Corvey of the State Democratic
Executive committee, a nephew of
Miss Tutwiler, will speak on her
long and fruitful career in Alabama
public life. Also receiving recogni-
tion will be he representatives of
PWA, WPA, and other cooperating
agencies whose aid made the build-
ings possible.
There will be a luncheon at mid-
day in the College Union building
for the distinguished guests.
In the afternoon Governor Dixon,
Superintendent of Education A. H.
Collins, and Senator Lister Hill will
deliver addresses. Much of the af-
ternoon '.program will be broadcast
by WAPI, Birmingham, by remote
control from Montevallo through
the new radio facilities of Alabama
College.
The day’s events will be termin-
ated by a concert at 8:15 in Palmer
auditorium by the world-famous
young Italian lyric tenor, Nino
Martini, who has made a triple
reputation—in opera, in the movies,
and on the concert stage.
Committee
Plans for the elaborate celebra-
tion are in the hands of a faculty
committee headed by Mrs. Mary
Moore McCoy, dean of residence,
and consisting of H. D. LeBaron,
head of the School of Music; Miss
Nora Landmark, college radio spe-
cialist; Dr. J. I. Riddle, of the edu-
cation department; Miss Margaret
Cuninggim of the art department;
and Shelby E. Southard, executive,
secretary of the college.
Seniors will attend the programs
in cap and gown. The college or-
chestra and glee club will be featur-
ed in the musical portion of the
morning and afternoon programs. A
special section of the auditorium
will be reserved for guests of the
college attending the Martini con-
cert.
The Student Senate will act as
guides for visitors on the campus,
conducting them through the new
buildings and showing other recent
changes which have taken place at
the college. All classes will be dis-
missed for the day while students
join visitors in celebrating the gala
occasion.
Page 2
MAY 6, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
EDITORIALS
You Are the Young People
“You are the young people of the state and the
state shall be yours.” These words, spoken by Gov-
ernor Dixon on Dedication Day, strike a challenge
which cannot be ignored. We ARE the young people
of the state and within four years all of us will be
taking some part in the government of Alabama.
This part which we take in our government will
be an index to our own value. If we fail to aid in
this new progress, we don’t amount to much. Our
debt to the state has to be paid. As students in a
state school we are being educated with the ultimate
view of repaying the state by being intelligent,
thoughtful, and honorable citizens. The chances are
few that any of us here will ever be outstanding
political figures, but as teachers, wives, and mothers
we will have in our hands the guidance of those
who will be outstanding political figures.
Governor Dixon is only one of the day’s state
leaders who believe in “the young people of the
state.” We are the generation which everyone ex-
pects to make good. There is little point in wasting
time lauding the wonders of our state, when we can
be more helpful by going to work to bring its won-
ders to greater heights. Alabama has come a long
way in every field in the past twenty-five years,
yet the story is not finished and the ending must be
happier than the beginning. To bring this about is
our job and our elders) have the faith that we can
do it. Can we?
“You are the young people of the state and the
state will be yours.”
Your New Staff
A baby learning to walk feels unsure, bewildered,
and often very frightened. He has suddenly emerged
from the creeping stage where he first practiced the
use of his legs. As he takes his first step he stands
very far from safety. He has assumed a responsibili-
ty of keeping himself on firm footing which will
take getting used to. After a little time, the baby
finds out exactly how to go about this process of
walking and then his ability to walk improves.
Finally, it becomes a routine procedure.
The above paragraph is a description of your new
newspaper staff. We are emerging from the creeping
stage in which'we worked under careful supervision
to learn to write. Not a little bewildered, we keep
running back to our former leaders for help. Soon
we hope to learn exactly how to run it newspaper
and then we will work with surer hands.
In the meantime, help us out and cooperate all
you can. With such help from students and faculty,
we can do our best and make our best still better.
Seniors! Juniors!
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Do you love your alma mater?
Taking for granted that you’d answer “yes,” let
me ask you why you have such an attachment for
a group of buildings fenced in a certain spot? Just
from listening to your bull-sessions and being one of
you, I think I can say that the traditions of Alabama
College have in a large degree made her what she
is to you and to me.
I was rather prone to disagree with Dr. Steckel
in convocation when she spoke of Crook Week as
being a tradition which depended on us, these
seniors and juniors especially, for its livelihood.
But I was frightened, too. Crook Week can’t be
banished! Why, juniors couldn’t become seniors
without it. It’s then that we feel we really know our
successors and have something in common with
them—on the opposite side of the fence. And it’s
such fun!
It can be fun—and it should be fun, with just a
touch of seriousness. Not only that, but it will be a
grand time for everyone if we can get away from
“ratting,” “back-biting,” “time - to - get - even - for-
grudges” ideas which will mean its sure death.
If you’ll notice from past years, it’s not the lead-
ers but the small, insignificant class member who
tries to do mean, petty things. Our class leaders
have planned a Crook Week that promises to be
lots of fun for everyone.
This senior class has gained the recognition of
being a very unique group. Let’s keep up the record
and make this the best Crook Week ever.
—Prances Scarbrough
Campus
Gossip i
By 3 Snoops
Hello, everybody, this edition rep-
resents the first efforts of our new
staff. You have to learn as you go,
so here’s where we start learning.
Our new editor, Lois Anne Smith,
has worked hard on the ALABAM-
IAN during her three years here
and really deserves her job, though
there’s more work than honor to
being editor. We know by past ex-
perience that she’s capable and
will lead us in giving you bigger
and better ALABAMIAN’S in the
future. She’ll be criticized for lots
of little mistakes so while you’re
at it why not give her a few pats
on the back sometime? You’ve no
idea how they help. Best wishes,
Chief, we’re all behind you!
You know a few times during the
year something happens on the
campus that gets into this column
and creates merry havoc among
faculty and students. Fortunately,
or unfortunately, we are able to
start this off with a bang. Ready?
What happened to the Speech
Chorus trip? And, in fact, what
happened to the Speech Chorus
itself? ’Course we’ve heard various
stories and from all sides, too.
There are so many we can’t very
well print them all, but we under-
stand that Tippy Swift is a born
diplomat. Tsk, tsk. My, how the fur
flies in the arts! .
Passing Reynolds ’tother p.m., we
overheard “I’m in love with Purity.”
What has this campus come to?
Paging Mrs.-
We also hear Dr. Mac is denying
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STAFF
Editor-in-Chief, Frances Scarbrough; Managing Editor, Lois Anne Smith; Business
Manager, Mary Jo Raney; Feature Editor, Mary Sterne; Copy Editor, Martha McRae;
Speech Editor, Jeanne Appleton; Sports Editor, Sara Harris; Club Editor, Nancy
Weems; Society Editor, Frances Roberts; Advertising Managers, Ollis Mills, Frances Cro-
ley, Geraldine Hollis; Circulation Managers, Charlotte Meinwald, Lois Maples;
Typist, Forrest Branscombe.
REPORTERS
Evelyn Weldon, Mary Rogers, Carolyn Jenkins, Peggy Kirk, Margaret Ritter, Margaret
Lee, Imogene Harris, Mary Grace Orr, Nancy Powers, Sara Reddoch, Imogene Foshee,
Gwendolyn Tittle, Annie Lee Jones, Frances Padgett, Sammie Dorrough, Mary Sue Ed-
wards, Virginia Martin, Margaret Dean Harris, Virginia Riddle, Fauvette Taylor, Caro-
lyn Breaux, Lilias Heblon, Berneese Dison, Jeanne Espy, Melba Ruth Jones, Dorothy
Sandlin, Frances Norris, Mary Edna Wallace, Frances Owens, Willanise Green,
Annie Ruth Beasley, Mary Carolyn Norris, Mary Beth Wilbanks,
Geraldine Hollis, Sara Bums, Jean Childress, Lucy Pegues.
most emphatically that he was ig-
norant of the fact that he used and
pocketed his napkin for a handker-
chief during his talk at the phys.
ed. banquet. Betcha Eleanor would
tell you he just brought it home
to give Mrs. Mac more work to do.
It’s gotten so that you can’t look
out the window at Tutwiler walk
without seeing men going in to es-
cort some young ladies to break-
fast. We’ve never heard of taking
up debating as an excuse before.
Oh, but do you suppose Paulk and
York can take their names in this
column twice in one issue?
We noticed a few things lately
that were really worthy of this
column and one of them was the
way Reed Music company enter-
tained the Warfield family, es-
pecially Mrs. Warfield, during their
recent visit. Apple-polishing or dip-
lomacy, Margaret? — And girls,
could there have been an extra
added depth to the way she played
“Moon Dreams” at the Glee Club
concert Monday night?
Now here’s a sincere compliment.
We visited the sophomore informal
the other night (until we were run
out) and thought it was the nicest
dance we’ve seen in a long time.
The boys were simply scrumptious
and everybody looked so cute! Nice
precedent, kids.
We are getting kinda worried
about this place. Friday night there
wasn’t a sound in Main smoker ex-
cept the scratching of pencils over
some sort of home work. This cer-
tainly did seem strange for Main,
but you never can tell what those
freshmen will do next. So we wan-
dered over to Hanson and all we
could see there were about three
typewriters going full force and
then, too, some of the little gals
were doing statistics. Still, that
didn’t help our perplexed brains
any, so we filed out to visit Ramsay
smoker. The sophs always know it
all (they think) but do you think
they could tell us? NO! They were
too engrossed in some book. Surely
not—but merciful heavens, no—not
the sophs. There only seemed one
logical way to find the answer. We
were certain to find plenty of fe-
males playing around and of
course the seniors would be able
to explain this to us. The *ve been
here four years. Anyone passing in
the next three and a half minutes
would have found us hard at work.
Call it the height of dumbness if
you please, but how were we to
remember that exams were less
than two weeks away, meaning also
that term papers, etc., were due.
We just work on a newspaper.
We put this column to bed with
the sincere hope that our new edi-
tor will not be fired as a result of
the responsibility she naturally
must assume for the remarks re-
spectfully (?) submitted above.
Change and Exchange
Prize toast of the week: Sara Harris at the physi-
cal education banquet — “I’m not a poet like my
classmates, nor am I an orator like Lister Hill, but
surrounded by this nautical atmosphere, here’s
wishing you a happy voyage on the sea of matri-
mony, hoping that you will catch a goldfish, and
that you’ll have a whale of a time.”
* * * *
TWICE TOLD TALES
Once there was a fellow who smoked so many
Camels that his nerves got so steady that he couldn’t
move.
Hold Your Man
The best way for a girl to keep her youth is not
to introduce him to other girls.
Hardwood
A chip on the shoulder indicates there’s wood
higher up.
Ship-Shape
Dieting is the triumph of mind over platter.
Sanskrit
The height of illegibility—a doctor’s prescription
written with a post office pen in the rumble seat of
a second-hand car.
M. D.
Then there was the Scotchman who doctored him-
self with the aid of a booic of medicine and died of
a misprint.
Headlines
Accprding to a recent news story, hail as large as
cocoanuts fell in Africa. Nothing like this ever hap-
pened in Africa until American newspapers station-
ed correspondents over there.
Strike One
Then there was the man who was so lazy that
when he spanked his son he laid a carpet over the
kid so he could do two jobs at once.
Leap Year Bottle
Some girls are like corks; some will pop the ques-
tion; others have to be drawn out. —Flor-Ala.
* * * *
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Orchids are $2.50
I wonder
Would dandelions look nice on you?
—Tiger
* * * *
You’ve probably all heard about the new cocktail.
One drink and you sse Rhett, two and you sea
Scarlett, three and you’re “Gone With the Wind.”
—Blue Stocking
POME
A quarter of a dozen nearsighted rodents,
A quarter of a dozen nearsighted rodents,
Observe how they stumble,
Observe how they stumble,
They all staggered after the agriculturist’s spouse
Who severed their extremities with a paring
utensil.
Did -you ever observe such a spectacle in your
existence
As a quarter of a dozen nearsighted rodents?
In the spring the weaker sex is often the stronger
sex because of the weakness of the stronger sex for
the weaker sex. —Indiana Daily Student
THE DARLING DAUGHTER
The mother was horrified when she saw her
daughter coming to breakfast. The young woman’s
eyes were black, her lower lip was cut and she had
one arm in a sling.
“What happened to you last night?”
“Well, mother, I went out with that boy you said
I was throwing myself at and. . . ”
“And what, child?”
“And he wasn’t looking again.” ,
—The Greyhound
Student: Let’s cut class and take in a movie.
Second Student: Can’t do it, old man. I need the
sleep too badly. —North Star
* * * *
“He thinks he’s pretty smart, doesn’t he?”
“I should say so. I’ve heard him try to argue with
his son who is a freshman at college.”
—M.S.C.W. Spectator
* * * *
None of the seniors are looking for jobs because
it’s Leap Year. —Triangle
* * * *
Ohl—Darling, as I kissed you then, love was born.
Miller—That’s fine, dear, but wipe that birthmark
off your lips.
* * * *
By their idiosyncracies shall ye know them
(by courtesy of Walter Winchell): If she’s always
stealing scenes in plays, she’s Mary Anne Edwards-
... If she’s fussing about her schedule for next
semester, she’s most any junior who has to p#
twenty hours somewhere. ... If she has that re-
lieved look, she’s Celia Methvin, and if her hair is
turning grey, she’s Margaret Stallworth. . . If he
walks in a straight path, looking straight ahead-
he’s Mr. LeBaron. . . If there’s a giggle, there’s Min-
nie Priester. ... If he wears a boutonniere, he|s
Dr. Harman. . . If he drinks milk at mealtime, he’s
Mr. Southard. ... If she’s all excited about ®
Washington job, she’s Nancy Vaughn. . . And If*
they play chess, they are Mr. Z. and Dr. Reinke. • • *
If she’s red-headed and wears a yellow hair ribbofl
plus a winning smile, she’s Burke Land. . . . And
you don’t need anyone to tell you the gal with the
pencils in her hair, muttering three inches to he
cut is the new ALABAMIAN editor.
fHE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
MAY 6, 1940
Page 3
filar j orie Nicolson Disproves Theory
That Women Cannot Be Famous Scholars
Marjorie Hope Nicolson, com-
mencement speaker here this
spring, is president of the national
phi Beta Kappa. By all traditional
ideas she should be a dull, scholar-
ly woman, uninterested in the triv-
ialities of life. But she’s not—she
reads detective stories for relaxa-
tion.
Miss Nicolson is also dean of
Smith college, one of the largest
women's colleges in the world. As
such, she is kept in constant con-
tact with the thoughts and cus-
toms of youth. This may be re-
sponsible, in part, for her modern
ideas of education.
“It is hard to be a scholar and
a lady,” says Miss Nicolson, and
she should know. She does her job
as a lady very successfully, and
there can be no doubt that she’s a
scholar. She obtained her bachelor’s
degree from the University of
Michigan and later was a fellow
at both Johns Hopkins and Yale,
where she gained her doctor’s de-
gree. Since then she has taught in
Europe and has returned to Smith
to serve as dean.
An example to prove that Miss
Nicolson enjoys the simple things
of life is her collection of tiny ele-
phants. These have been given to
her by her students to serve as
descendants of Aggie, an elephant
she once attached to her ancient
car. The car was uniquely named
Calvin because it did not choose
to run.
Aside from elephants and auto-
mobiles, Miss Nicolson has brought
to young womanhood the under-
standing and help which it needs so
badly. She has earned her position
as president of the country’s most
outstanding honor society because
she is a clear thinker and because
she is a true leader.
Miss Nicolson has been invited
to deliver the commencement ad-
dress here, May 27, because she
has something to say and because
she is a person to admire.
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MARJORIE HOPE NICOLSON
. SPORTS .
By Sara Harris, Sports Editor
The setting was vitally different
from that of a baseball diamond.
The people assembled were not clad
in gym suits and tennis shoes—
the hearty voices and vibrant
laughter were modulated to an
Emily Post tone. The explanation
of the subdued atmosphere is to
picture the campus athletes enjoy-
ing their annual physical education
banquet.
Dr. Gordon McCloskey acted as
speaker, giving a very interesting
discussion on recreation. He stressed
main points of the good things a
recreational program might bring
out. He sat down telling of the
people who recreate too much. . .
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Alumnotes
HOW TO WIN BOY-FRIENDS
AND INFLUENCE STAG LINES
By Dalea Dorothy Clix
Dear Miss Clix: Can you help me? I’m terribly upset—nearly
flunked in Romance Languages and Geology, and all because
of a young man I met three weeks ago. He came over to one
of our house parties. I had spent the afternoon in the chem-
istry lab, and my hands were a fright. When he started to
hold my hand, he looked at it-and dropped it like a hot cake.
He hasn’t come to see me since. I can’t study—oh, Miss Clix,
he’s simply divine, plays half-back on his school’s football
team! What shall I do?
Dear “Can’t Sleep”: Aw-
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fective way to scare a man
away, more effective than
anything else unless, of
course, you are ugly enough
to stop a clock. If you are,
or if you can’t take care of
your hands, you’d better
think of a serious career in
Geology or something, and
forget men entirely. How-
ever, if you’ll invest a little
time on making yourself
lovely, why not begin with
your hands—and that, dear
“Can’t Sleep”, means wak-
ing up the beauty of your
fingernails! *
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Alabama College alumnae in Jas-
per and Fayette were recently or-
ganized into two new chapters
upon a visit to those towns by the
alumnae secretary.
Former students in Jasper met at
the home of Sara Jo Harvill,. ’33,
and after hearing news of the col-
lege and an explanation of the
activities of an alumnae chapter by
the alumnae secretary, selected as
the chairman of the Jasper Alum-
nae chapter, Jenny Lind Gatlin of
the class of 1937.
Alumnae in Fayette were enter-
tained at a delightful tea at the
home of Mrs. W. W. Monroe, ’99.
Marguerite Cowart Gorman, ex-’39,
was elected chairman of the Fayette
chapter.
* * *
Margaret Liston, ’18, returned
this spring to the Belgian Congo
to resume her work as a medical
missionary after three years’ ab-
sence in the United States. An in-
teresting letter describing her trip
and the nature of her work recent-
ly came to the alumnae office.
* * •
Emma Johnson, ’37, is now lo-
cated at Umatilla, Fla., where she
is doing physiotherapy at the Har-
ry-Anna Home for patients recov-
ering from infantile paralysis.
* * *
Eleanor Rennie Falkenberry, ’34,
is executive secretary for the Selma
committee which is planning a
spectacular pageant to be produced
on May 25 at the grand opening
of the new bridge across the Ala-
bama river.
• * *
Mary Martin, ’29, Guntersville,
and Kathryn Keel, ’29, Albertville,
were outstanding sponsors of Hi
Y clubs who were present at the
North Alabama district conference
held in Gadsden recently.
* * *
Julia Bledsoe Coyle, ex-’34, is
president of the Jefferson County
medical auxiliary and attended
meetings of the medical association
held in Birmingham in April.
* * *
The register of guests who at-
tended the dedication of the new
buildings included the following
alumnae: Gertr ude Meroney
Peebles, ’14; Em Peebles Hildreth,
’17; Rosemary Schilleci; Mrs. W.
W. Monroe, ex-’99; Thelma Davis
Chappelle, ’17; Julia Higgins Col-
lins, ’17; Edwinna D. Mitchell, ’14;
Nathalie" Molton Gibbons, ’30; Lila
Nolen Graves and Clifford Elliott
Wilder, ’19.
* * *
Katherine Kulp McGraw, ’39, has
named her son, born in April, Rob-
ert Russell.
Nina Culley Bludworth, ’37, has
a son, David, born in April. Nina
is now living in Birmingham.
* * *
The following engagements of
(Continued on page 4)
Senior Parties
(Continued from page 1)
Weaver, Tippy Swift, Mary Marga-
ret Peterson, Retha Deal, Lucile
Weaver, Louise Metcalf, Mary
Grace Orr, and Mary Curtis.
The junior class, with the shadow
of Crook Week looming ahead, hon-
ored the seniors at the traditional
Junior-Senior Banquet, Thursday
evening in the New Dining room.
A large sign outside the dining
room pointed to the Nursery School
within. As the seniors entered, they
were awarded golden crowns; the
lowly juniors wore white paper hair
bows. Nell Wooten, president of the
junior class, was “Teacher,” and
she called on her star pupils to re-
cite. These bright children sang and
said nursery rhymes The decora-
tions carried out the May Day idea.
In the center of the dining room, a
large crook made a fetching May
Pole and during the program, some
of the pupils did a spectacular
dance around it. Small-scale copies
of this May pole were the centers
of interest on each of the banquet
tables. Pastel ribbons from the
small poles terminated in even
smaller crooks with a place card
attached. Animal crackers furnish-
ed a delightful and wholesome des-
sert which were eaten with child-
ish glee.
Committee chairmen for this
event were Eloise Martin and Mary
Sue Edwards, decorations; and
Mattie Lou McPhail, invitations.
"GWTW” to Come
To Strand May 15
Announcement has been made by
Eddie Watson, manager of the
Strand theatre, that David O. Selz-
niok’s masterpiece, “Gone With the
Wind,” will be shown here May 15,
16, and 17. This four-hour show,
of which too much has already been
written, will be shown twice daily,
at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m: All tickets
must be bought in advance. Sales
will begin this week.
This spectacle of a century will
be shown exactly as it was at the
pre-Christmas Atlanta premiere.
“Gone With the Wind” should be 'an
appropriate climax to both the
scholastic and cinematic year.
* * *
DR. KILDARE’S STRANGE CASE
—Tuesday and Wednesday.
This is the fourth in the Dr. Kil-
dare series starring Lew Ayres,
Lionel Barrymore, and Laraine
Day. As in others of the series, this
Dr. Kildare thriller will give many
authentic demonstrations of the
administering of certain drugs and
and techniques in medical science.
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Dr. Kildare demonstrates the in-
sulin shock treatment for insanity.
There are also two delicate brain
operations performed in the course
of the picture.
In addition to its educational
qualities, “Dr. Kildare’s Strange
Case” provides entertainment and
enjoyment.
* * *
IT’S A DATE—Thursday and Fri-
day.
Kay Francis and Deanna Durbin
play mother and daughter respec-
tively in “It’s a Date.” Deanna is
more grown-up in this role than
any of her previous ones. Walter
Pidgeon is cast as friend of the
family, while young Lewis Howard
plays the man of Deanna’s adora-
tion.
Youth and effervescence per-
meate this screen play. Kay Fran-
cis, amazingly daring in accepting
the role of mother, plays her role
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MAY 6, 1940
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama Colley
will any fabric knit as stockings
are. Nylon will snag if reasonably
good care is not taken of the hose.
The heels and other wearing places
complaining. . . it just goes to show
that nobody ever gets rich off
newspaper work, at least we don’t.
of its great elasticity, will fit closer
and smoother around the knee and
ankle.
In its entirety—a four-hour show exactly as presented at famed
Atlanta Premiere.
, RESERVED seats ON SALE THIS week at strand
Night Shows (7:30 p.m.) $1.12 including tax
Matinees (1:30 p.m.) $.77 including tax
i
(While this engagement, this production will not be shown
anywhere except at advanced prices—at least until 1941.)
SPRING — SPRING
Beautiful
CONGO AND SHARKSKIN SKIRTS
BATISTE BLOUSES
Movies
(Continued from page 3)
graciously and skillfully. Deanna
Durbin scores another hit as the
fresh, innocent, young lovely.
REBECCA—Sunday and Monday.
Joan Fontaine and Laurence
Olivier play the leading roles
against the background of luxurious
yet sinister Manderley in “Rebecca”
Daphne du Mauri er’s best-selling
and much discussed novel of 1939.
Mystery and gruesomeness are the
predominant atmospheric features
of this film. “I” played by Joan
Fontaine, lives in the shadow of
the dead and supposedly very dear-
ly-loved Rebecca, late Wife of Max-
im de Winter, played by Laurence
Olivier. Judith Anderson as the
housekeeper at Manderley acts as
constantly obverse force to “I.”
This picture should be very in-
teresting as every few years we
have the opportunity of seeing its
counterpart in life in notorious
front page murder cases. The de-
tails are very absorbing. The en-
tire cast distinguish themselves in
a well-written story.
Introducing Chesterfield’s
own graduation cap
mm
WE ARE NOT ALONE — Tuesday,
May 14.
Paul Muni and Jane Bryan come
forth with superior performances
in “We Are Not Alone.” In this
movie two innocent persons are
convicted of murder on circum-
stantial evidence. The outcome is
quite interesting.
This is a profoundly beautiful
picture, made so by two superla-
tive actors.
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Have You Given
Nylon A Trial?
High tenacity, elasticity, and
abrasion resistance are characteris-
tics that make Nylon, the revolu-
tionary hosiery textile, what it is.
Hose from Nylon will go on sale to
the general public May 15, but do
you know what to expect from your
Nylon hosiery?
The main selling feature of Ny-
lon is that, due to its greater
strength, elasticity, and abrasion
resistance, snags and runs will be
less frequent. Nylon will run, as
will come in holes if they are
worn persistently too short or with
ill-fitting shoes. But with reason-
able care, Nylon will last longer
than silk hosiery of the same weight
and workmanship.
The United States testing labora-
tory proved in tests that Nylon has
about six times more abrasion re-
sistance than silk. Nylon can be
flexed 20,000 times while some silk
hosiery will flex only several hund-
red times. Nylon’s snag resistance
is about the same as extremely
superior silk hosiery.
Many women ask about the fit
and feel of Nylon. Nylon, because
Alabamian Room
(Continued from page 1)
things? Not many of them! True,
we have a new room entirely, but
little else.
We still need a typewriter rib-
bon and some oil for our type-
writer, which would seem to be the
same one used six years ago. No
pencil sharpener, no dictionary, no
calendar, no telephone, and most
of all, the lights still die away, as
if with a heart attack, at eleven
o’clock.
However, the staff still is not
Alumnotes
(Continued from page 3)
alumnae have been recently an-
nounced:
Marion Bozenhard, ’35, to John
Youngblood of Madison, Wisconsin,
>
in June.
Agnes Plant, ’34, to Tharon Ly^
Mason, Jr., on June 15.
Mary Carolyn Holloway, ex-’31
to Luther McKendree Young, J
Huntsville, in June.
Johnnie Bell, ’37, to J. Edg^
Smith, of Detroit, Michigan, k
May.
Three Days, May 15, 16, 17
(Two Shows Daily, 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 pan. with seats reserved to
all performances)
"Gone With the Wind”
SCHOOL
IS OVER
The Alabamian
SENIORS
GRADUATE
Alabama College, the State College for Women
VOLUME XVII
Z7
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA, MAY 20, 1940
NUMBER 17
Dixons Will Be
Honor Guests
At Reception
Faculty Plans Annual
Reception For Governor
In Reynolds on Friday
Governor and Mrs. Prank M.
Dixon will be chief honor guests a,t
the reception given by the president
and faculty in the foyer of Reynolds
hall, Friday evening, May 24.
The governor’s reception is an
annual affair of the graduation sea-
. son to honor the senior class and
introduce the members to the gov-
ernor of Alabama. It is being held
in Reynolds hall this year /lor the
first time.
Martha Terry, president of the
senior class, will present the seniors
to the receiving line, headed by
President and Mrs. A. F. Harman.
The college trustees will stand next.
Governor and Mrs. Dixon, Dean and
Mrs. T. H. Napier, Mr. and Mrs. E.
H. -Wills, Dr. Lorraine Pierson, Mr.
York Kildea, and Miss Dawn Ken-
nedy will complete the line.
Marshalls for the senior proces-
sional will be Margaret Stallworth,
Irene Swift, Gladys Fuller, Nell
Wooten, and Bobby Brabston. The
orchestra, under the direction of
Mr. Kildea, will play the proces-
sional march.
Members of the reception com-
mittee are Mrs. Mary McLeod Mc-
Neill, Mrs. Augusta Snodgrass, Mrs.
Evelyn Burton, Miss Annie Kemp,
Mrs. H. B. Smith, Mrs. Guy Cham-
berlin, and Mr. M. Ziolkowski. Miss
Martha Allen and Miss Margaret
Cuninggim are in charge of decora-
tions. Mr. Kildea and Miss Kath-
erine Farrah are making arrange-
ments for the music.
Workshop Service
To Be Directed
i
By Anne Holdford
Miss Anne Holdford, Bethlehem
Central school, Delmar, New York,
will direct the Workshop program
of the 1940 summer school session,
which begins June 10, according to
announcements by Dr. M. L. Orr,
director of the summer school.
The Workshop program and dem-
onstration school work is to be car-
ried on in the training school to
show teachers from Alabama bet-
ter methods of teaching and the
values of progressive education.
Miss Holdford will be assisted in
her work by James Smith and Miss
Annie Wilcox, both from the New
York school. The program will con-
tinue through the first semester of
summer school.
Approximately six hundred stu-
dents are expected for the two
terms of summer school. Many of
the regular courses will be offered
to undergraduates and to students
doing post graduate work.
The summer faculty includes
many of the regular session teach-
ers and several visiting professors.
Miss Belle Comer, art instructor
in Phillips high school, Birming-
ham, has taught here for three
summers and will continue this
year. Miss Irene Wright, of Fayette
city schools, will teach in the ele-
mentary demonstration school. R.
A. Yoder, industrial art worker with
the University of North Carolina
Workshop will assist in the program
here.
Miss Mildred Romansky will con-
tinue her summer physical educa-
tion instruction and Miss Eva Gol-
son, of the English faculty, will re-
turn from a year’s leave of absence
to resume her work this summer.
The two terms of summer school
are scheduled for June 10-July 17
and July 18-August 21.
Calendar
Friday, May 24 — Reception for
Governor and Mrs. Frank M. Dixon
and the graduating class in Rey-
nolds hall at 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 25—Band Concert,
court of Main dormitory, 4 p.m.
Senior-Alumnae breakfast in New
Dining room, 9 o’clock.
Tea for faculty and visitors, Main
parlors, 4:30 p.m.
Glee Club concert in Palmer Aud-
itorium, 8 p m.
Sunday, May 26 — Baccalaureate
sermon by Dr. Ewart H. Wyle in
Palmer auditorium, 10 a.m.
Senior tea for guests and faculty
in Tutwiler hall, 4 p.m.
Y. W. C. A. Vespers in Palmer
auditorium, 5 p.m.
Monday, May 27—Graduation ex-
ercises in Palmer auditorium, 10
a.m.
What Do You Think
Of The Alabamian?
What are your ideas about the
ALABAMIAN? What does it need to
make you more interested?
The staff of the ALABAMIAN
really would like to know what you
students want in your campus
newspaper. For this reason the
staff is sponsoring a contest with
the assistance of the Paragon Press
of Montgomery, and will award a
loving cup to the student who writes
the best essay on “How the ALA-
BAMIAN May Better Serve and be
More Interesting to the Students
Themselves.”
This contest is a sincere effort
on the part of the ALABAMIAN
staff to arouse interest in the news-
paper and to find out just what is
lacking. This newspaper is an all-
student publication which needs
more attention from all students.
The contest will not open for-
mally until next fall, but we think
you would like to know about it so
you can be planning your essay.
Here are the facts:
1. The essay must be at least 800
words in length.
2. Any student may enter the
contest, except members of the ed-
itorial staff of the ALABAMIAN.
3. Only one entry may be made
by each student.
4. The essays should be concrete
and specific and should give actual
instances to support criticisms and
suggestions.
5. The Paragon Press Cup given
as a prize will be engraved with
the winner’s name and will be her
permanent property.
Here’s your chance! Make the
most of it. Do all you can to help
make the ALABAMIAN the best
newspaper possible. ■
We will tell you more about this
next fall.
Faculty Members Address
High School Graduates
High schools over the entire
South have invited many of the
faculty members to make com-
mencement addresses to their stu-
dents this spring. President A. F.
Harman goes far afield when he re-
turns to his own high school in
Lexington, S. C-, to speak to the
graduating class on May 28.
Dr. Irwin T. Sanders, associate
professor of sociology, gave the
commencement address at Red Bay
high school, May 13. He will speak
to the seniors of Billingsley high
school, May 31.
Dr. Minnie L. Steckel spoke re-
cently at the commencement ex-
ercises of Seale high school.
Three addresses will be made by
Dr. J. I. Riddle, professor of edu-
cation, in high schools over the
state. They will include the high
schools of Magnolia, Inverness, and
Piedmont. Dr. Riddle has just re-
turned from Dallas, Texas, where
he attended a convention of south-
ern Sunday Schools. While there he
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College Will Award Diplomas
To Senior Class On Monday
Dr. Ewart H. Wyle and Dean Marjorie Nicolson will be the
speakers for commencement weekend, May 25-21.
Lower pictures are of Martha Terry, president of the graduat-
ing class, and Celia Methvin, president of the student body.
Science Department Has Failed To Teach
Material Which Students Need To Know
Science Department
Alabama College
Montevallo, Alabama
Dear Sirs:
Students who take your physical
science courses are laboring under
a delusion. You teach us some as-
tronomy, yet you ignore one of the
most important phases of that
course.
But let me explain. Perhaps
you’ve never realized that we stu-
dents were ignorant of this fact;
perhaps you’ve taken it for granted
that we ought to know at least that
much to be in college. At any rate,
here are the facts as we understand
them.
When we were very small we of-
ten asked why the moon shone so
brightly at night, and were told
that there was a'man on the moon
who kept a great brush fire always
burning there. That was his punish-
ment for having burned brush
heaps here on earth on Sundays
when God had commanded him to
rest. For a long, long time we ac-
cepted this explanation without
question.
About the time we reached high
school we began to hear a lot about
moonlight that had to do with love,
but nobody ever explained just how
love could possibly have anything
to do with causing moonlight. After
a time we gave that clue up al-
together.
Then we came to college, entered
a science class, and thought that
at last we should know the true
reason for moonlight. But the
science teacher only said something
about reflection of the’ sunlight, and
went on talking about stars or
something and that’s all we ever
learned.
But—reflection—there was a clue
at least. I followed it up and I
think we’ve found the correct ex-
planation at last. In the meantime,
we made a startling discovery which
should be explained to all your fu-
ture classes.
Reflection implies a mirror; so
there must be a mirror on the moon.
That was the explanation. But why
would there be a mirror on the
moon? The man on the moon
wouldn’t need a mirror. People
couldn’t see him on the moon, and
men never use a mirror when they
know that nobody is going to see
them anyway. But a lady — now
that’s different—a lady would dress
up just for the pleasure of it, even
if she knew no one would ever see
her. So there’s the discovery. The
man in the moon is a lady! But
we should have known that they’d
never allow a MAN in the moon
that looks down on Alabama Col-
lege. He might keep the girls’ minds
off their lessons.
With the sincere hope that you
will understand the seriousness of
this matter and will act according-
ly in regard to your future classes,
I remain
Very truly yours,
IMOGENE HARRIS.
This letter, written by a student
of science, and other things, should
be considered seriously. The girls
here need to be taught subjects
which will be useful in later life—
vital subjects necessary to a well-
rounded education.
Changes of this sort are in the
hands of the college curriculum
committee.
Dr. Wyle, Dean Nicolson
Are Guest Speakers In
Exercises For Graduates
The largest class ever to grad-
uate from Alabama College will re-
ceive recognition of four years’
study in the events of commence-
ment week end,' May 25-27.
Baccalaureate services will be
held in Palmer auditorium Sunday
morning at eleven o’clock, with Dr.
EWart H. Wyle as the speaker. Dr.
Wyle, pastor of the First Christian
church in Birmingham, will base
his sermon on the text, “Do You
Care to Live?”
The service will begin with the
organ processional played by H. D.
LeBaron as the seniors march into
the auditorium. This will be fol-
lowed by the invocation by the Rev-
erend T. M. Davis. The congrega-
tion will sing the hymn, “O, Wor-
ship the King,” preceding a prayer
by the Reverend J. M. Shores. An
anthem, “Hear My Prayer,” by
Mendelssohn, will be sung by the
college Glee Club.
Dr. Wyle will then deliver his
sermon and the service will close
with the benediction by the Rev-
erend Mr. Shores, and the reces-
sional march.
VeSpers services are to be in
Palmer auditorium at five o’clock
Sunday afternoon with “Christ and
the Future” as the theme. Organ
music will be played by Margaret
McAllister and Dr. A. W. Vaughan
will give the devotional and prayer.
The service will be conducted by
Gladys Fuller, president of the
Y. W. C. A.
Formal graduation exercises will
be held Monday morning at ten
o’clock in Palmer auditorium. Mar-
jorie Hope Nicolson, dean of Smith
college and national president of
Phi Beta Kappa, is to be guest
speaker.
The exercises will open with the
academic processional played by the
college Orchestra. Invocation by
the Reverend F. B. Pearson will
follow. During the exercises two
hymns, “Come Thou Almighty
King” and “America the Beautiful,”
will be sung. The Orchestra will
play a “Fantasi” by Mozart.
Presentation of certificates and
the conferring of degrees to the
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Sanders Conducts
Rural Life Survey
“Every community has a distinct
personality of its own,” remarks Dr.
I. T. Sanders said in explaining to
an ALABAMIAN reporter why he is
conducting a community survey in
Chilton county to study life in rural
communities. “The communities are
unlike as night and day in many
cases.”
The purpose of the survey direct-
ed by Dr. Sanders is to find out
where the people who live in small
neighborhood - communities like to
go to. trade and visit. Thorsby was
selected as the center of the study
and from there approximately two
thousand questionnaires and three
hundred personal interviews have
been made.
Information gained from this
survey will aid Chilton county mer-
chants and community workers to
know what is expected of them.
Federal government officials will
probably find the material useful,
in that they can make better plans
for farm agencies.
Students who finish college here
and plan to teach or do social work
are often unprepared for the life
in small communities which they
meet. Material from this bulletin
may be of great value to them.
Page 2
MAY 20, 1940
EDITORIALS
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
We Are Watching You
Congratulations and best wishes have been show-
ered on the seniors of 1940, but those aren’t suffi-
cient. You have been told that the school will miss
you, but there’s still something that hasn’t been
said.
Next Monday you will march into Palmer audi-
torium in your caps and gowns, and you will receive
public recognition of your four years’ achievement.
You will leave Alabama College and most of you
will never be here again except for brief visits.
You think you have finished with Alabama Col-
lege, but you haven’t. Everywhere you go you will
fc" known as a graduate of this school. People all
over Alabama, and even farther away from home,
will judge your school by you. Your personalities,
your scholarship—^-these will be noticed. Whether
you teach, marry, or go into graduate work, you will
have to live up to the standards of Alabama Col-
lege, or you will have to pull those standards down.
And don’t think that we students who are left
won’t know where you are and what you are doing,
because we’ll be watching you. We will watch your
successes to know the things we should do, and
we will study your mistakes so that we can avoid
them ourselves.
Seniors, you carry this responsibility and we hope
that you will not fail us If your past four years are
any indication of your ability, we have little cause
for worry.
Shall We Go To War?
We are preparing for war. Oh, no, we don’t admit
it, but psychologically, we are making ready for
America’s entrance into the second World War. The
thinking of most of us has become this:. We don’t
plan ways to keep out of this struggle, we merely
v/onder just how much longer it will be before we
do go into it.
This attitude will be our downfall. While we sit
back and twiddle our thumbs and shake our heads
we may be drifting toward war. We need to take
some sort of attitude toward this business of tend-
ing to our own affairs. “There’s nothing we can
do about it,” is the frequent comment. Why can’t
we? Maybe we can’t force pacifistic measures, but
we can make it positively known that we don’t
want war. And, after all, we young people are the
ones who would have the doubtful glory and honor
of dying for someone else’s country.
During the next three months we will be scattered
all over the nation. We will be reading reports of
new developments in the European war and we will
find that a careless headline or a twisted phrase
from a speech can wreck much calm linking. It
is our duty, not as propagandists, but as fairly in-
telligent college students, to do what we can to keep
emotion and pity from submerging common sense.
Otherwise, sooner or later, there will be more to
contend with in this part of the world than news-
paper reports of the latest European air raids.
—OL / I C K
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Campus
Gossip
By 3 Snoop*
Crook Week Is Safe
There were one or two times during Crook Week
when we all held our breath—times when it looked
like the whole thing was going on the rocks. But it
was a great success and before it was over every-
one was having a swell time.
I have heard a number of juniors express their
views that the seniors were very considerate. And
the juniors were grand sports. In court we gave them
all the reward of good sportsmanship—but I’d like
to take this opportunity to give special recognition
to a few of them — Caroline Liles and Willanise
Green in particular. “Butch” ran errands, sang,
patroled the front of Tutwiler and pacified every
other senior whim until I know she must have been
exhausted—yes, and with such courteousness that
someone said, “She’d say ‘yes mam’ to a freshman.”
And Willanise distinguished herself as a humorist
and “Lister Hill” orator; she was a wonderful rep-
resentative for her class. I think without a doubt
that we could give those two the title of “first lady”
in sportsmanship.
Not that Butch and Willanise were the only good
sports—there was Bobby Brabston, who stopped the
squeaks in the board walk; Studdard and McPoland,
who shined all our shoes; Mary Sterne, Bitsy Rob-
bins, Jean Farr, and all those who exercised such lit-
erary efforts; and “Weed,” who got everyone out of
their misery by finding the Crook.
Anyway, the seniors were hilariously entertained
and the juniors were graduated with highest honors.
Welcome to seniordom, termites—we turn our
place over to you without a hesitancy.
—Frances Scarbrough
Well, girls, this is our last chance
to right wrongs or vice-versa. We’re
sorry it will be so long until we
have another ALABAMIAN, so let’s
make hay while the sun shines. And
speaking of the sun, one' day last
week when it wasn’t shining, sev-
eral dates infested Main dormi-
tory. Fearing that the mid-after-
noon darkness caused by the heavy
clouds would endanger the welfare
of the dates, some helpful person
turned on all the lights in front
of Main. The fact that the sun re-
sumed its shining in a few mo-
ments had no effect on the still-
burning protectors of our freshies.
Nice as the seniors are, as a rule,
we think they deserve a spanking
right here and now. They’ve never
been as unpardonably rude as they
seemed last week by failing to at-
tend their special convocation. Con-
vocations are comparatively few and
this one should have been attend-
ed. In the first place it was called
specifically by the President who
had something important to say,
and in the second place, it was part
of their graduation program. It’s
too late to make amends, but other
classes take heed!
We read over some of the early
ALABAMIANS and a box on the
front page of an ancient one boldly
exclaimed that the College Theatre
had purchased two 1,000-watt spot
bulbs and one or two other things.
Countless searching failed to re-
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Change and Exchange
Editor’s Note: The letter from the ’34 ALA-
BAMIAN which we reprinted last issue as a feature
received such comment that we are trying it again.
A major part of this column will contain bits of
humor chosen at random from the files of the
ALABAMIAN.
* * * *
GOOD AD FOR ES-FERANTO
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Then why shouldn’t booth in the plural be beeth?
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn’t the plural of pan be called pen?
You may find a lone mouse or a whole nest of
mice,
But more than one house is surely not hice.
A cow in the plural is properly kine,
I But a bow if repeated is never called bine.
Then one may be that and two would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother we never say methren.
The masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine a feminine she, shis and shim!
So the English, I fancy you will agree,
Is the funniest language you ever did see.
—Sept. ’33
* * * *
There was a young Wop named Vanlutti,
His father he sell-a da fruit-y,
He love-a da girl
With da beautiful curl,
But her father, he gave him da boot-y.
—Ida Kathryn Coker, Feb. ’35
* * * *
We always laugh at the Prof’s jokes,
No matter what they be,
Not because they’re funny, gals,
But it’s plum good policy. Oct.
veal any supplies added later than
that. Somebody please take notice
and see if it can be remedied while
we’re gone this summer. That would
be about the most wonderful sur-
prise we can think of.
Two little girls gave orders dur-
ing Crook Week that their names
be left out of this column hence-
forth. We’ve debated this point and
have come to the conclusion that
you really wanted them in, so we
will just disappoint you, Reed and
Russell, by telling you that the
things you do and the reasons why
are so obvious that there is no
point in writing them up here.
Poor Miss Saylor, we’re terribly
sorry for her. She’s tried so hard
to make her pupils show their stuff
for the archery tournament and all
she gets is “I can’t shoot with you
scoring me.” Some people exasper-
ate us so.
The musical seniors are through
with their music, but the juniors
are going hard. We overheard one
of them telling her beloved pror
fessor in no uncertain words exact-
ly what she thought of her music
history chart.
Dean Napier’s speech at Honors
Day was grand and we believe the
student body needs more on that
line, especially since we all have
to face the same problem of choos-
ing for ourselves what course we
will take and why. Before it’s too
late why don’t you stop just a mo-
ment and take stock of the advan-*
tages and disadvantages of each
one?
Most nearly time for the last
TOWER, and we hope it is as good
as the first one. We heard a prom-
inent member of the staff say that
they were putting a return address
on the copy belonging to a certain
cultured language professor on the
campus. Now, don’t they know that
there is no outgoing mail from the
waste basket, so what good would
that do? ’Tis a sad world when the
gals strive so hard for culture and
a person who, judging by the dis-
cussions in our Ed. 320, should be
about our most cultured member
is reported to have cast his copy in
the one-way post office without so
much as a backward glance.
You know, some people love to
spread rumors. If we were guilty of
some of the things girls claim they
do around here, we’d do our best
to keep it under our hats and even
as used to spilling dirt as we are—
well—it’s easy to see that they want
recognition kinda bad-like, or else
they wouldn’t start such talk (or
attempt to start it). We wouldn’t
think of telling their names because
that would do them too much good.
Just let us give you< one bit of ad-
vice—when you begin these fantas-
tic tales, be careful who you are
talking to. Why, would you believe
it? In a conversation several days
ago one little girl admitted to us
(if we’d promise not to tell) that
she was the author of this column.
Tsh, tsh, please be more careful in
the future.
’36
If all the people who sleep through classes were
laid end to end, they would be more comfortable.
* * * *
Why the toothbrush in your coat lapel? It’s my
class pin—I go to Colgate.
Won’t you have a fork?
No, thank you, I never use forks; they leak so bad
they ain’t no use.
* * * *
Diplomacy has been defined as the art of letting
someone else have your way.
—Oct. ’36
* * * *
SENIORS TAKE NOTE
Little rows of zeros,
Not so very quaint,
Make your graduation
Look as tho it ain’t.
May ’39
* * * *
ON LEAVING COLLEGE
One last remembering, one minute more,
One glance around my room, then break the spell
And pack away my books. No use to dwell
On winged hours passing—other girls before
Have said goodbye and softly closed the door;
Have looked down from this window, seen the swell
And fading out of sunsets, loved as well
As I the feel of misty nights, the muffled roar
Of trains through darkness.
Future days, I know,
Will hold as much of beauty. Come! Strip bare
The shelves and tables. What’s an ended year?
With all of life before me? Bravely go
Along the empty halls, nor turn to stare
At ghosts of days, dear days, behind me here.
—h. f. :
HOLIDAYS
Pack your bags up, cram in more,
Dust the chairs, then sweep the floor;
Clear the halls and strip the rooms.
Leave the dorms as still as tombs.
Close the door.
Come all Freshies, Sophomores, too,
Juniors, Seniors, bid adieu.
The glad day has come around,
Students, now all homeward bound,
Pass from view.
Holidays bring thoughts sublime,
Plans and plots of wrondrous time,
Free from study, themes, and books,
Concentrated now on looks—
Not on rhyme.
Spring has brought that grand release,
Home where reigns a quiet peace,
Still and calm, unmarred by shouts,
Shrieks of gladness, calls of doubts,
AH now cease.
Desolate the campus walks,
Scene of many cozy talks,
Happy voices, hushed and stilled,
Wants and wishes thus fulfilled,
Silence stalks.
—Dorothy Belk
* * * *
Let’s take a peep into the future and see what
our seniors are doing. Elise Avera Covington, Fred,
and Little Clippie are living in the airplane they
are financially unable to use otherwise.....Mar-
garet Ruth Cook is wearing out all the reducing
shops trying to regain her trim statue of the year
’40. . . . Louise Caraway is one of the most noted
dietitians of the day (and she doesn’t talk of mal-
nourishment as did our last eminent dietitian here)
.... Tibby Scarbrough has gained fame and rec-
ognition as “first lady of newspaper land”. . . . Cuz
and E.. Stanley have just opened another of their
famous dancing schools for backward young leddies.
. . . Amand Palmer is starting another research-"
this time she’s trying to calculate why Kentucky
bluegrass is green. Must be that transfer of training
she got in Education 320. . . . Jessie E. Gulledge *s
seated in the bleachers watching her baseball player
pitch his way to fame. . . . Sara Jeanette Hewell.
the trim and efficient Miss McCall II, is whistling
to her kiddies on the athletic field at Athens. . . • *
So go our elders. Happy landings!
THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
MAY 20, 1940
Page 3
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Henning Announces
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For 1940-41 Season
The Curtis String Quartet will
open the Concert-Lecture series for
1940-41, according to an announce-
ment by J. H. Henning, chairman
of the committee in charge. The
quartet will appear in Palmer audi-
torium, October 11.
Three other numbers for the
series have been selected, includ-
ing the Minneapolis Symphony Or-
chestra, which will come here Feb-
ruary 6. The Theatre of Angna
Enters and the Honya Holm Dance
company will appear here in March,
the dates not yet definite.
“We are trying to book a series
as pleasing as that for 1939-40,”
stated Mr. Henning, “and to com-
plete the plans we are considering
three other possible numbers, in-
cluding a vocal soloist and a first
class humorous lecturer.”
All numbers in the Concert-Lec-
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Glee Club Plans
Trip To New York
To Sing At Fair
The college Glee Club has com-
pleted plans for a three weeks’ sum-
mer trip through the northeastern
part of the United States, with a
concert at the New York World’s
Fair as the high point.
One of the few glee clubs invited
by the Temple of Religions to sing
there, the club will appear at the
fair on August 2, under the direc-
tion of H. D. LeBaron. This will be
the most extensive tour ever made
by the Glee Club.
The tour will begin here late in
July and the Glee Club will then
travel north to Chattanooga, Ten-
nessee. The group will make the
GOING TO NEW YORK?
Any persons who wish to
make the trip to New York with
the Glee Club should see Mr.
H. D. LeBaron immediately. The
fee for lodging and transporta-
tion and some admissions for
the trip is $75. The trip dates
are July 21-August 12.
long trip over the Skyline Drive to
Washington, where they will spend
four days. From there they will go
to Atlantic City for two days and
to New York for five days. During
the period of sightseeing in New
York state the club will make a
trip to the West Point Military
Academy and other interesting
places.
On the return trip the Glee Club
will visit Pittsburgh, Cincinnati,
Mammoth Cave, and Nashville.
Concerts will be given in several
of the cities visited.
Interest in the trip has opened
up the possibility of a second bus
which is already partially filled.
Faculty Addresses
(Continued from page 1)
lectured on “Teaching Promotion
and Demonstration.”
Other addresses by faculty mem-
bers include those of Dr. Hallie
Farmer, head of the history depart-
ment, who spoke to three groups
in Tuscaloosa last week. Her talk
to the members of the A. A. U. W.
dealt with international relations.
Dr. Farmer advised the seniors of
all high schools in Tuscaloosa
county on “How to Find Your Vo-
cation.” Later she discussed the
coming Student Career Conference
with the senior girls of Tuscaloosa
high school.
Dr. M. L Orr, professor of educa-
tion, will be guest speaker at the
Sixth Annual Educational Confer-
ence of the University of Arkansas
on June 28.
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By Frances Ribble
Alumnae Secretary
The new officials who were re-
cently chosen to carry on the work
of the Gadsden chapter are: Presi-
dent, Nell Browder Bell; Vice-Presi-
dent, Dorothy Liles; Secretary,
Marjorie Crumpler Donahoo; and
Treasurer, Allison Blair Rains.
Following the tradition carried on
by many of the alumnae chapters
over the state, the Gadsden group
recently entertained the girls grad-
uating from the local high schools
at a tea at the home of Lillie Lee
and Eloise Lee Zerwick, president
of the Alumnae association. Miss
Margaret Cuninggim was present
to represent Alabama College.
Opp Chapter
Under the direction of Helen
Morgan, president of the chapter,
the Opp alumnae entertained the
graduating girls with a progressive
dinner party. Various courses were
served at the homes of Helen Mor-
gan, Mary Annie Morrow Benton,
and Wilda Lee Johns. Entertainers
chosen by Myrtle Plant Wright to
sing, dance and play for the guests
were children of the alumnae. Ruth
Richards Bryan, visiting in Opp
from Atlanta, talked to the girls
on “Why I Would Choose Alabama
College for My School.” The school
colors, purple and gold, were car-
ried out in all the decorations.
Jasper Chapter
Senior girls at Jasper were enter-
tained by the alumnae there at a
tea at the home of Mrs. Hattie
Morton Franford. Jenny Lind Gat-
lin is president of that chapter.
The Birmingham Alumnae chap-
ter recently chose Mary McCon-
aughy Ratchford as the new presi-
dent of their group. Mrs. Ratchford
is taking the place of Clyde Merrill
Maguire, who had to resign be-
cause of illness.
Annie Laurie Beckham Williams,
’37, is president of the newly organ-
ized A. A. U. W. in Selma. Dr.
Farmer spoke at their last dinner
meeting. Many Alabama College
alumnae are found in the group.
Eloise Lee Zerwick will be on the
campus May 25 to preside at the
annual Senior-Alumnae breakfast.
The engagements of the follow-
ing alumnae were recently an-
nounced :
Pattie Upchurch, ’39, to John Ivy
Waites, of Montgomery, in early
summer.
Essie Mae Hall, ’34, to Dr. Henry
S. Christian of New York City, in
July.
Gloria Gerrish, ex~’42, to James
Joshua Couch, Jr., of Dothan.
Sadye Evelyn Cumby, ’ 39, to
James Paul Hawke, of Opp, in June.
Ada Catherine Morgan, ’34, to
George Blake Bennett of Opelika
and Auburn, in June.%
Wilda Lee Johns, ’38, to Walter
Douglas Page, of Opp, June 18.
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THE ALABAMIAN, Alabama College
. SPORTS .
By Sara Harris, Sports Editor
In the spring a young lady’s
fancy lightly turns to thoughts of
—you guessed it—swimming.
For the last week swimming has
’been a definite fancy here. Under
the instruction of Mr. Ellis Fysal
from Red Cross headquarters in
Washington, twenty students have
splashed industrially. The purpose
of Mr. Fysal’s course is to enable
students who are interested to
learn how to instruct and further
water safety. Mr. Fysal offers
courses in first aid, life saving, and
water safety, under thei auspices of
the American Red Cross. He comes
to the campus every two years.
According to Mr. Fysal, man does
not naturally belong in the water,
so there must be coordinated rhyth-
mic movements taught to swimmers
to best adapt them to the water.
Streamline black, blue, white, and
multicolored bathing suits have
delved into the mystery of the non-
Ibriney deep attempting to master
the scissor, breast and flutter kick
strokes. Working with a will, Mr.
Fysal says, “Now, girls, while you
rest, use an overarm approach to
an imaginary victim and do a cross
chest rescue.” The victim is imag-
inary and so is the rest period—
though the course has been thor-
ough and tiring. You can see the
swimmers’ improvement by their
resemblance to fish, or so they say.
* * *
Archery has come into its own
with the National Inter-Collegiate
Telegraphic meet (what a name)
which took place last week. Our ex-
pert archers have had their highest
scores sent into headquarters where
they will be compiled with other
scores from all over the country. If
any of ours rank among the high-
est—such fun! Anne Barr, who
finished in 1936, shot the highest
score which has ever been made
here—426. Not bad.
* * *
The singles tournament ended
Thursday with a smashing victory
for Caroline Liles, the Brewton
star, with nothing but aces on her
serve. Her opponent in the finals
was Sara Harris.
* * *
In ancient history the Greeks em-
phasized physical prowess. In early
England, grand ladies, in flowing
dresses, delicately swatted tennis
balls. In modern America we still
say, “The sport is still the thing.’’
Commencement
(Continued from page 1)
seniors will be made after Dean
Nicolson’s address.
The Reverend Mr. Pearson is to
deliver the benediction and the ac-
ademic recessional will be played
on the organ by Mr. LeBaron.
Campus activities for the week-
end will include a concert by the
Montevallo training school band,
under the direction of York Kildea,
Formal Induction
To Bring Seniors
In Alumnae Group
Eloise Lee Zerwick, president of
the college Alumnae association,
will preside at the annual senior -
alumnae breakfast in the new din-
ing room on Saturday morning
when the senior class will be for-
mally inducted into the alumnae
group. >
President A. F. Harman and Dean
T. H. Napier will be guest speakers
on the program.
A new feature of the breakfast
will be the presentation of the Ala-
bama College alumnae trophy to the
Alumnae association, by Martha
Terry, president of the Class of
1940. Each year the class which has
the largest number of members re-
turning to the college will be re-
warded by the inscription of its
class name on the plaque.
Miss Frances Ribble, alumnae
secretary, will give the Class of 1940
a scrapbook to be kept by one of
the members. Each member of the
senior class will have a page in
the scrapbook which will be devoted
to pictures, newspaper clippings,
and other items of interest to the
alumnae.
in the court of Main dormitory,
Saturday afternoon. In Palmer
auditorium at eight o’clock the Glee
Club, directed by Mr. LeBaron, will
present a program of classical and
popular music.
News In Brief
Miss Margaret McCall, head of
the physical education department,
has been selected as a member of
the Advisory Committee of the Ala-
bama Recreation association. The
association is composed of recrea-
tional leaders throughout the state
whose purpose it is to plan a state-
wide recreation program.
* * *
Classes in contemporary prob-
lems have been assisting Miss Roch-
elle Rodd Gachet, head of the Vo-
cational Advisory Service, in her
survey of occupational distribution
of women in Alabama. The student
have written to some fourteen huiw
dred business concerns in Alabama,
listed by the state Chamber 0f
Commerce as being outstanding, to
find out how many women are etn.
ployed in Alabama industries and
what their jobs are. Results have
been excellent up this time anfl
Miss Gachet expects to have a full
report in a few weeks.
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